I know vB used to display the current time in the footer and I always found that a nice feature. For example when I look at a post, I am also looking at the time that specific post was written - but I don't know the current time (since I am in Europe). I would love seeing the server time in the footer!
The post time is based on your own time assuming you have your time zone set correctly in your settings here: https://forums.digitalpoint.com/account/preferences