Clock Is Ahead

[goodgoalie]

More and more websites are unavailable because I get the 'your clock is ahead' message, with the https in the address bar with a red line through it. Have done all the clock updates (the date and time are, and always have been, correct) as advised by all the 'fixes' I can find on the internet, and have cleared my cache.

It's driving me mad! Should I do a F11 reboot?

[Buenchico]

That typically occurs when an https certificate can't be updated due to using an out-of-date browser and/or operating system. So which browser are you using and which OS?

[Tuvok]

Just a thought - is your computer date set to USA format (eg. mmyy)

[goodgoalie]

Hi Chris - Chrome and Vista. Have set it to all sorts of dates/times, and ticked the 'synchronise with internet time server', but it makes no difference!

[Etch]

I'm using Firefox on a WinXP machine and haven't seen anything of that sort. Has the time successfully synced with the internet server?

[goodgoalie]

Can't have Etch - have been trying to sort this for weeks

[Etch]

My time is ahead by one hour, but that's because it is set to the Central European Time zone. :-)

[Buenchico]

Chrome is no longer supported on Vista (and hasn't been for the past 5 years), so that might be the cause of your problem. The 'developer level' web browser, Chromium, upon which its based doesn't either, so that would seem to rule out most alternative browsers (such as Slimjet, which I use). Firefox too has ended Vista support. It's beginning to look as if its time to bite the bullet and upgrade to either Windows 10 or Windows 11.

Just one thing to check though: Make sure that not only the time is set correctly on your computer but also that the actual time zone is too. If your computer thinks, for instance that it's now coming up to 2330 in New York, that will be seen as 0430 tomorrow morning by web servers, thus resulting in the error message that you're seeing.

[goodgoalie]

Thanks Chris. Yes, set to GMT, London etc. I think you're probably right about a new laptop, but do you think a F11 reboot might do the trick?

[Etch]

I have set my clock time 4 hours further into the future and everything is still OK, but setting the date to 25/12/2021 resulted in 'Secure Connection Failed' for several sites and attempts to sync the clock with the internet then failed.

[goodgoalie]

Currently looking for a hammer.....

[Spicerack]

When I had some problems like yours, I replaced the cmos battery.

[Buenchico]

I haven't got a clue what an 'F11 reboot' is! (Or, at least I hadn't until I just googled it).

I now see that it's way of getting into System Recovery through the BIOS on certain makes of computer. I doubt that it would work but I suppose that it might be worth trying (after backing up all your data, of course). You could end up in a position though where you need to download and reinstall an out-of-date browser, simply because the latest versions are unlikely to run on any Vista computer.

If you're looking for a new laptop, the basic things that I'd look for are at least 8 GB of a RAM and a solid state drive. Looking at refurbished machines from the two suppliers that I have total faith in, I'd recommend considering this
https://accomputerwarehouse.com/product/lenovo-s440-refurbished-laptop/
or this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185134359131
for casual computing.

[Etch]

I'm using Firefox ESR version 52.9.0 which seems fine for most purposes. I downloaded and installed it last year, but I'd need to remind myself where I found it, if you fancied giving it a try.

[Buenchico]

>>> but I'd need to remind myself where I found it

I'll save you the trouble ;-)

32-bit version:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/win32/en-GB/Firefox%20Setup%2052.9.0esr.exe

64-bit:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/win64/en-GB/Firefox%20Setup%2052.9.0esr.exe

[Gromit]

I pity how you Windoze peeps get by.

[piper107]

"I think you're probably right about a new laptop"
you dont need a new laptop if you can run windows 10 .

[goodgoalie]

Ta for the links, Chris. Guess what happens when I click on the one for AC Computer Warehouse?! Yep

[Etch]

goodgoalie - If you can open this webpage then try the fix described at item 4.:
https://appuals.com/your-clock-is-ahead-behind/

[goodgoalie]

Thanks, Etch, but have already tried that a few times without success

[Etch]

Are you sure you added the "--ignore-certificate-errors" outside the quote marks enclosing the path to the Chrome executable, with a space in between?