The Watch Puzzle

Will Shortz, on the NPR show "Weekend Edition", asked the question:

"The long hand of a very accurate timepiece points exactly at a full minute, while the short hand is exactly two minutes away. What time is it?"
He then mentioned that the original published answer was incomplete. Can you tell what time it is?

I give up, show me the solution.

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Last revised on 20 April 1999.