Wrong Date when automatically set, despite doing everything.

Good morning Fahd,

I have had the same problem with a few M1 & M2 Macbook Airs. The Apple time server does not provide the correct date and time.

I tried all the tricks from the forums to get that time server working with no luck.

I tried a different time server and that gave me my success. My process was:

1. Open Date and time settings
2. Set the source to: pool.ntg.org
3. Confirm
4. Open the terminal
5. Input the following command to force update: sudo sntp -sS pool.ntp.org
6. Input password to commit request

This fixed my issue immediately. I hope this helps.

Thanks

Goccu

The same started happening to me even though I am using my iMac regularly. Is there another source for automatic local time?

fahd1417 wrote:

I didn’t use my Macbook Air M1 2020, for a month due to my very busy schedule. After a month when I restarted it I found that the internet was not working despite being connected to working Wifi.

I found that my Macbook is showing wrong date when automatically set. It was more than 1.5 years off of current date. Also the time was incorrect despite being in correct time zone.

I manually corrected time and date everything worked fine.

but the problem still persists. Whenever I set date and time to automatic on system settings, my Macbook goes back 1.5 years to January 2022 and also wrong time.

I have done everything

Then do what works... nothing wrong with a manual setting if you are getting an error.

Internet provider, server issues, traceroute issue—It may well be out of your control.

You can try again in one week and compare your results if you are determined to set it to auto.

fahd1417 wrote:

Thanks for the help. So far I have manually kept time and date correct on my MacBook. It is working good.

Will try again after couple of weeks, to check if it gets corrected on auto.

Good computing fahd1417 , thanks for your update

LelaZ wrote:

I'm facing the same issue and it's so annoying. I'm not sure where the data is coming from as the region is correct, but I have no idea what time zone this is!

What version of macOS are you using? There were some issues with setting the date in some versions, but they appear to have been solved a while ago.

Also: what region are you in?

I'm facing the same issue and it's so annoying. I'm not sure where the data is coming from as the region is correct, but I have no idea what time zone this is!