Wrong time/date, connected to WiFi yet can’t connect to internet at all

You cannot access the internet when the time and date on your MacBook are incorrect. So what you have to do is go to system settings>date and time and make sure to set the Time correctly. After setting the time press the lock button to apply the setting and see if date and time are staying correct now.

If not, you cannot access the internet even when connected to a wifi network

Does the.macbook have battery issues? That causes problems with date and time displayed in the right order. To bypass the icloud login that you're at now click sign in another time to go further with the macOS setup. After that is done, make sure the date and time settings are set correctly before attempting to connect to the internet

I was told it was a software issue and advised to do a factory reset either at store or at home. I picked at home. Big mistake! I couldn’t do a factory reset because I needed internet in order to sign out of my Apple is. I found another forum that suggested to shut the Mac down and then press and hold the on button u til it went in to safe mode. I did this and it gave me the option to reinstall the last update. It is now working. Hope this helps

although you can not make Secure httpS: connections, most time servers and similar sites use http: only, so secure connection is not required.

This site does not require secure connection if you type:

http://1.1.1.1

you should get the CloudFlare** splash page if you have an internet connection.

** CloudFlare is not part of the solution, they just have the easiest-to-remember all-numeric IP address.

Almost every connection on the internet requires a secure encrypted httpS:// connection.

There is a diabolical way of hacking security with faked time. That's now been blocked everywhere.

Time correct within five minutes is now required for every secure connection.

In my case the laptop was off for a while as I was traveling. I powered it up, manually set the date and time, updated the software and it is back to normal now. Hope this helps.

<< why did that happen in the first place? >>

If the Main battery was ever allowed to go to Zero, the battery voltage used to maintain both the time generator chip and the system settings for time can become corrupted.

On a desktop Mac, there is a separate PRAM backup battery that does this job. On a MacBook, it's the main battery.

The question is why did that happen in the first place? I’ve never had this happen in 16 years of using a Mac. And now my iMessages don’t send… but the internet connected after the manual date change.

this thread explains what has happened to my very new macbook m3. so now that the time generator chip is corrupted, simply because the battery ran down, is that something that needs to be repaired under warranty?

Nope. When power is restored the time chip works again, but the time setting may be off.

Manually resetting the dat&time takes care of almost all the remaining cases that do not resolve by themselves.

Readers can help you intervene to get your time straight again.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I almost had an anxiety attack thinking I was hacked because someone else gave similar instructions but it lead me into every OTHER direction but where I was supposed to go. Your instructions were clear and concise. Thank you!

Have the same issue with date/time and not connecting to internet. Any update?

Hello, did you get this issue fixed? Mine is the same and even thought Iv manually changed date and time it is still doing nothing. I do have it booked in tomorrow afternoon.

kind regards