[morgantruce]

I noticed that after installing the 10.2.4 update, my clock would not remain set--even when locking the adjustments! It kept on resetting to a date in 1969---instant flashback to unpleasant jungle environments...


THEN I found Article # 25374 on the Apple Support web site:

TITLE

Mac OS X 10.2.4: Date Resets to 1969 or 1970 After Update

Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 25374
2/17/03
3/4/03
TOPIC

After updating to Mac OS X 10.2.4, the computer date resets to 1969 or 1970.

DISCUSSION

Symptom

After updating to Mac OS X 10.2.4, the computer date resets to 1969 or 1970.

Products affected
o Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update
Solution

Use a network time server:
1. Connect to the Internet if you are not already.
2. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
3. Choose View > Date & Time.
4. Click the Network Time tab.
5. Select "Use a network time server".
6. Click Set Time Now.
Note: If you are not always connected to the Internet (for example, you use a PPP dial-up modem), you may need to repeat these steps after starting up the computer.


This document will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Basically, until further notice, I reset the Network Time Server---EVERY time I get online. I hope Apple fixes this soon...

Gene Halpern

[Detrius]

Exactly what is the point of this post?

Good for you! We are proud of you! You can find documentation of officially admitted bugs!

[Art Vandelay]

By the way, the lock in the System Preferences is not a settings lock. It is not analogous to locking a file in Get Info. It is simply an authentication lock. It shows whether you are authenticated to make changes to the pref pane.

[KidRed]

Originally posted by morgantruce:
I noticed that after installing the 10.2.4 update, my clock would not remain set--even when locking the adjustments! It kept on resetting to a date in 1969---instant flashback to unpleasant jungle environments...


THEN I found Article # 25374 on the Apple Support web site:

TITLE

Mac OS X 10.2.4: Date Resets to 1969 or 1970 After Update

Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 25374
2/17/03
3/4/03
TOPIC

After updating to Mac OS X 10.2.4, the computer date resets to 1969 or 1970.

DISCUSSION

Symptom

After updating to Mac OS X 10.2.4, the computer date resets to 1969 or 1970.

Products affected
o Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update
Solution

Use a network time server:
1. Connect to the Internet if you are not already.
2. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
3. Choose View > Date & Time.
4. Click the Network Time tab.
5. Select "Use a network time server".
6. Click Set Time Now.
Note: If you are not always connected to the Internet (for example, you use a PPP dial-up modem), you may need to repeat these steps after starting up the computer.


This document will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Basically, until further notice, I reset the Network Time Server---EVERY time I get online. I hope Apple fixes this soon...

Gene Halpern

If you would've done a search you'd know I posted this fix a few days after 10.2.4 came out as I discovered it.

[alphasubzero949]

There's also plenty of other workarounds posted over at MFI.

[morgantruce]

I do apologize for not being aware that I was posting on a website where everyone already knows everything about Apple.

Things have obviously taken a turn for the worse since the days when the Beagle Brothers shared their light hearted technical observations with the rest of us.