MacBook Pro running Sonoma reverting to wrong date & time

was able to fix it following Luis Sequiera1’s instructions but for those who have brain farts like me, here’s a bit more detail:

1 Open Terminal app (go to Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and type the following:

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

2 Press Return. You will be prompted to enter your password. You will not see the password as it is being typed.

3 Press Return to run the command (you won’t see anything change on the screen, but it’s working its magic)

4 Restart the Mac

5 Go to System Settings > General > Date & Time > Set time and date automatically (I had to click on 24-hour time, which is what I originally had it on - and voi la!)

There are several threads about this subject, and a solution has been offered there:

1) run the following command in Terminal

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

and type your password as requested.

2) reboot

It’ll be interesting to see how many or if anyone else chimes in with a ‘me too’. It’s a weird bug to have survived beta testing.

I had the same issue. Just started today. Initially, I noticed my time was wrong. It said it was 2:56 AM when it was 11:45 AM. The date was correct though. So I opened my Date/Time settings and clicked the "Set" button to see if that would fix it but it didn't. I noticed I had a pending software update (OS 14.1.2) so I decided to install that to see if it would fix it.

After the update was installed my date was now changed back to back to November 15th, 2020. I tried turning the automatic date/time setting off and on, and clicking the Set button but it didn't change it.

I tried the suggested solution twice and it didn't seem to fix it. When I would reboot the date/time would still be wrong and I'd have to set it manually. After the second time, I turned off the automatic setting and manually set the date/time to the correct time. I then turned the automatic setting back on, and the date/time stayed the same. Not sure if there is a delay after the change before it fixes or what, but seems to be working now.

I tested it by manually setting the date to the wrong date, then turning on the automatic setting and it changed it back to the correct date/time now. I did another reboot, and the date/time are still correct.

I'm seeing the same issue on a 2020 Intel MacBook Pro having recently upgraded to Sonoma 14.1.1.

Mine is reverting to 10th November 2023 - the date I upgraded.

No attempts to manually set the time or timeserver last beyond a reboot.

Setting the date and time to "automatically" resets the date and time back instantly to the wrong date/time.

I also have this problem and haven't been able to fix it.

I have a 2019 MBP, and since downloading the new OS update, the clock is always wrong whenever I open the computer from a long sleep. It keeps thinking we're in 2019, but chooses a new random month and day each time. I end up just setting it manually, but whenever I ask it to do automatically to the time.apple.com server it just goes back to some random date in 2019. Idk what to do and I hate having to reset it each morning so any help would be lovely!

Mine has reverted to 11 July 2022.

Only noticed this today - is a MacBook Air 2020.

I’m not tech savvy - tried turning off the auto time, reset manually, then rebooted - which seemed to work.

However when updating it seemed the date format was MM/DD/YYYY however the displayed date is DD/MM/YYYY which is what we use.

None414 wrote:

I’ve tried this step but it says command not found.

Is there anything else I could do to troubleshoot?

As Ir. Bob said, you made a typing error. It has to be typed exactly, including spaces. You may want to copy and paste the command to avoid that.

Here it is again - it is all in a single line:

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

I've had this issue for days, trying every solution posted with multiple reboots however only one thing seemed to work for me.

Ir. Bob said to try using ' sudo rm -f /private/var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist ' instead of sudo rm /var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist which seemed to work for me using the below instructions from fangirl3121

Note: Before running the below instructions, I had 'Set date & time automatically' turned off

1 Open Terminal app (go to Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and type the following:

sudo rm -f /private/var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist

2 Press Return. You will be prompted to enter your password. You will not see the password as it is being typed.

3 Press Return to run the command (you won’t see anything change on the screen, but it’s working its magic)

4 Restart the Mac

5 Go to System Settings > General > Date & Time > Set time and date automatically (I had to click on 24-hour time, which is what I originally had it on - and voila!)

Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

I’ve exactly the same problem.

”sudo sntp -Ss time.apple.com" work fine to set the clock, but the systems keeps resetting to August 2023 when I’m switching my laptop off.

Wenn I enter “sudo rm /var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist” there’s no such file or directory.

Is there any other permanent Solution?

Somehow didn’t work for me

i have the same issue, some thread i had read asked to run sudo snap -sS time.apple.com on the terminal.

every time i do this, it sets right time. need to do this every time i open my laptop.

i have tried setting correct regions etc. nothing works. my OS is Sonoma 14.1.1

need a permanent solution

This sounds like a problem with the clock server for your region. Do you know anyone with a Mac in your area? If so, see if they have the same issue.