# Pop quiz: what time was it?

DevFeed: [Pop quiz: what time was it?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pop-quiz-what-time-was-it-20839.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dave.cheney.net/2025/12/18/pop-quiz-what-time-was-it>)

Author: Dave Cheney

Published: 2025-12-18T00:38:52Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dave Cheney](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dave-cheney.md>)

Topics: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [GitHub Copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-copilot.md>), [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-coding.md>), [DateTime](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datetime.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [coding-assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-assistant.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time.md>)

## AI overview

A short quiz examines incorrect advice from an AI coding assistant by asking how far apart two timestamps printed by a program will be. The provided text does not include the answer.

## Source excerpt

Here's a small quiz derived from some incorrect advice from an AI coding assistant. This program prints two timestamps; will they be a. Roughly the same time (ie, the same second)b. Roughly 10 seconds apartc. Something else Answer after the fold