[msm_]

Pointless remark about myself, but I always set my phone's clock to second precision (I think this setting is hidden somewhere, or even needs a third-party app to unlock), and I am annoyed there's no way to do this on the lockscreen. How is it possible that nobody else (apparently) wants it, and it's not the Android default? Why would I want a clock that is, on average, a half minute off?

[ploynog]

> Why would I want a clock that is, on average, a half minute off?

Because in 99.9% of the cases I don't care about the seconds, it takes away space in the top status bar, and the constant changing of seconds in the top-left corner of the screen is distracting. And for the remaining 0.1% of cases, there is the clock app that shows seconds.

What benefit do you gain in daily life by having the time down to the second? The argument "so it's not half a minute off on average" seems a bit self-referential.

[iggldiggl]

> What benefit do you gain in daily life by having the time down to the second?

I commute by public transport and am sometimes cutting it fine, so knowing whether it is hh:mm:05 or hh:mm:55 does make a difference in how much I have to hurry up sometimes.

[iggldiggl]

> and I am annoyed there's no way to do this on the lockscreen

With some OEMs there is (personally I know that current-ish Sony phones offer a corresponding option), but yeah, it is a bit annoying that that isn't universal… part of the reason I still carry a regular watch.