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Firefox won't connect, says my clock is wrong--but it's set to the right time.

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rocksguy
rocksguy

Firefox won't connect because it says my clock is wrong, tells me what time my computer thinks it is, but the given time is correct. If I turn off auto time setting and set the date back 3 or more days, Firefox works fine--connects everywhere. Set date back 1 or 2 days, still get the error, won't connect. Other browsers (Edge, Chrome) work fine. Help article has no suggestions--other than contacting Amazon, Walmart, Ebay and everybody else to tell them they have the time wrong. Any ideas?

Firefox won't connect because it says my clock is wrong, tells me what time my computer thinks it is, but the given time is correct. If I turn off auto time setting and set the date back 3 or more days, Firefox works fine--connects everywhere. Set date back 1 or 2 days, still get the error, won't connect. Other browsers (Edge, Chrome) work fine. Help article has no suggestions--other than contacting Amazon, Walmart, Ebay and everybody else to tell them they have the time wrong. Any ideas?

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cor-el
cor-el

It is possible that the timezone is wrong.

You can see the current time and time zone if you paste this code in the command line of the Web Console (Web Developer -> Web Console; Ctrl+Shift+K). Paste this in the command line and press Enter to see the result. You may have to type some text to enable pasting code.

  • (new Date()).toLocaleString("en-US",{weekday:"long",day:"numeric",month:"long",year:"numeric",hour:"numeric",minute:"numeric",second:"numeric",hour12:false,timeZoneName:"short"});
rocksguy
rocksguy Question owner

No help. I've messed around with the time zone setting, doesn't seem to matter. Only the date...set it back 2 or more days and I can browse normally with Firefox. Set correct time or set time back 1 day and I get the "did not connect, clock is wrong" message. Other browsers work.