There was a new development after midnight last night that was so unfathomable to me that I had to go to bed rather than even try to process it. While I was 7 hours behind on the forum while visiting it with my computer, for the fun of it I decided to check if I was also 7 hours behind using my phone. I wasn't - visiting with my phone had the correct time. I kept refreshing both the computer and the phone and the situation remained the same.
Now, logically that could make someone think that something about a computer and possibly even specifically my computer was at fault for the 7 hour difference and phones might be immune to whatever the problem is. But let's recall that Uncle Roger also had three flashed-back posts yesterday, so it's not just me. And what's even more significant than Uncle Roger having had them is that Uncle Roger doesn't post with a computer, he uses his phone. So much for any notion that it's only my computer and it doesn't happen with phones.
Thankfully, the time on both my phone and computer are fine so far today. But "so far" may be the operative words there. And even if things remain fine for me today, who's to say the problem won't pop up for someone else like it did for Uncle Roger yesterday...