Clock Losing Time

Date: 9/9/96 at 22:3:13
From: Anonymous
Subject: Clock Losing Time

A clock shows the correct time on May 1 at 1:00 P.M.  The clock loses 
20 minutes a day.  What will be the next date when this clock shows 
the correct time? 

Date: 9/11/96 at 12:16:5
From: Doctor Ana
Subject: Re: Clock Losing Time

If it is an old-fashioned clock that doesn't tell you whether it's 
a.m. or p.m., then all that has to happen is for the clock to show 
1:00 again. It won't happen before then because time is moving forward 
faster than the clock is. If it loses 20 minutes per day then it will 
take 36 days to make up the 12 hours. 

If, on the other hand, this is a digital clock, we need to make up 24 
hours and it will take 72 days to do that.

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