MacBook Air time keeps changing automatically

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MacBook Air time keeps changing automatically

So I have a brand new MacBook Air M2 for a few months now. Today it was the first day I forgot to charge it and the battery drained completely. After plugging it in and powering it on I noticed time had reset to September 6th and it was 3 hours ahead of my time.

Settings in the date and time field were all correct yet it wouldn't update from the apple servers. I couldn't even search google for a solution because every search would return the message "Connection could not be established due to wrong clock settings etc."

I managed to manually get the correct time by using the command " sudo sntp -sS time.apple.com" and it worked. Problem is new correct time won't stick and as soon as I disconnect from my wifi or restart the MacBook it resets. I really don't know what to do. Any suggestions ?

MacBook Air (M2, 2023)

Posted on Dec 1, 2023 3:21 PM

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MichaelRod26

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Dec 5, 2023 12:11 PM in response to TheLittles

I found this on reddit and worked for me

In Terminal use the following commands, time should be set to automatic in settings beforehand:

sudo rm /etc/ntp.conf

sudo rm /var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist

sudo sntp -sS time.apple.com

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Dec 3, 2023 6:25 AM in response to savvass

Commenting to say this is happening to me too. I let it completely die, it acted crazy and this has been happening since. It keeps resetting to 5/23/2023 2:30AM

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savvass Author

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Dec 3, 2023 8:35 AM in response to hschristy95

Called Apple support and we ran some extra commands in the terminal and it was fixed. I suggest you do the same

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TheLittles

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Dec 4, 2023 9:30 PM in response to savvass

savvass Said:

"MacBook Air time keeps changing automatically: Called Apple support and we ran some extra commands in the terminal and it was fixed. I suggest you do the same"

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Please Provide the Commands:

What are the commands? Open terminal and then press up and down. Then, copy and past them as bullets.

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TheLittles

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Dec 5, 2023 1:49 PM in response to savvass

savvass Said:

"MacBook Air time keeps changing automatically: Called Apple support and we ran some extra commands in the terminal and it was fixed. I suggest you do the same”

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And the commands are?

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Dec 4, 2023 8:59 PM in response to savvass

Same here, but mine go back to July 2022.

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MacBook Air time keeps changing automatically

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