> I notice that the modification dates on my newly created or 
> updated files are approximately 19 minutes behind the value 
> given at essentially the same moment by the 'date' command.  
> Is this discrepancy necessary for some reason, and wouldn't 
> it mess up codes that rely on date stamps?
> 
> I note that 'touch' changes the modification time 
> appropriately to match that of date.

I asked for this to be fixed a while ago but apparently the problem still
exists. It would help me too if the times were synchronized.
Greg