Windows Timekeeping

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From: Smylers
Subject: Windows Timekeeping
Date: 16:22 on 07 Sep 2005
'Firefox' objects that an SSL cert isn't valid on one of our servers, on
the surprising grounds that it isn't yet 09/09/2002.  It turns out that
the Windows PC thinks it is Friday, March 24 2000.

The 'Date and Time' bit of 'Control Panel' has a tab 'Internet Time',
where I learn the time is currently being synchronized with that of
time.windows.com (a domain owned by Microsoft).  It continues:

  The time has been successfully synchronized with time.windows.com on
  06/09/2005 at 03:27.

  Next synchronization: 30/03/2000 at 02:09.

Nice.

I especially like how if I believe it regarding the current time, the
most recent update was over 5 years in the future.  Nor did it seem
bothered by making such a huge change to the time.

So then I press the 'Update Now' button, in an attempt to get this
sorted out.  This yields:

  An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with
  time.windows.com.  For security reasons, Windows can not synchronize
  with the server because your date does not match.  Please fix the date
  and try again.

  The time was most recently synchronized on 07/09/2005 at 07:18.

  Next synchronization: 31/03/2000 at 05:59.

What?  It's prepared to break the time, but you decline to fix it for
"security reasons"?

Hate!

Smylers

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