# Container timing isn't intuitive

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/container-timing-isnt-intuitive/2004>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Created:** [February 9, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/container-timing-isnt-intuitive/2004 "2016-02-09T14:18:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jwaldrip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/jwaldrip/32/1487_2.png) [@jwaldrip](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/jwaldrip)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/container-timing-isnt-intuitive/2004/1 "2016-02-09T14:18:26Z")

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It seems like the timing on containers is either broken or extremely unintuitive. It used to count up on each container. Now, even on reload it seems as though the times are stuck. They never seem to align with the actual time running of the job.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/container-timing-isnt-intuitive/2004/2 "2018-06-18T11:31:57Z")

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