Time/date error says 01 jan 1970?

[Guest]

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Hi my antvirus try to update today and i got this message:- - your system
time/date is not set correctly; fix it and enter the license key again
- your updating license has expired; register again and enter the new
license key?
And in bold letters it says:-The license key for this product is invalid or
expired, license valid until thursday 01 january 1970??

but its not out of date it does not run out until 10 april 2010, and why
would it say jan 1970????

 

[PA Bear]

What did your AV's tech support have to say about this?

 

[Jim]

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Hi my antvirus try to update today and i got this message:- - your system
time/date is not set correctly; fix it and enter the license key again
- your updating license has expired; register again and enter the new
license key?
And in bold letters it says:-The license key for this product is invalid
or
expired, license valid until thursday 01 january 1970??

but its not out of date it does not run out until 10 april 2010, and why
would it say jan 1970????

Since Windows is written (mostly) in C, and since the default date which the
C date routines return is in 1970 when the correct time is not available, I
would say that
there is something wrong with the clock on your computer.
Jim

 

[Dee]

Hi there...
I was repairing a computer recently and ran across this message.
Checked the time and date settings several times and missed this each
time...it was as simple as one digit in the year off that I (not typical
of me - distracted) kept missing. Simply....had one of those "duh"
moments
Check your entries for the time and date as well offset and daylight
savings time. May not be your problem, but worth taking a look again.
Take Care...
Dee

 

[Guest]

The clock time and date are correct in the task bar but is there anyway of
reseting it? is like a internal clock thats why its saying 01 jan 1970?

 

[Curt Christianson]

Sparky,

Did you try replacing the CMOS battery on the computers motherboard? If
that battery is dead, it could make the computer time revert back to 1970.
--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
www.aumha.org
Practically Nerded,...
http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

| The clock time and date are correct in the task bar but is there anyway of
| reseting it? is like a internal clock thats why its saying 01 jan 1970?
|
| "Jim" wrote:
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| > | >

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| > >
| > > Hi my antvirus try to update today and i got this message:- - your
system
| > > time/date is not set correctly; fix it and enter the license key again
| > > - your updating license has expired; register again and enter the new
| > > license key?
| > > And in bold letters it says:-The license key for this product is
invalid
| > > or
| > > expired, license valid until thursday 01 january 1970??
| > >
| > > but its not out of date it does not run out until 10 april 2010, and
why
| > > would it say jan 1970????
| > Since Windows is written (mostly) in C, and since the default date which
the
| > C date routines return is in 1970 when the correct time is not
available, I
| > would say that
| > there is something wrong with the clock on your computer.
| > Jim
| >
| >
| >

 

[Dee]

Hi there...
With this info you provided-
Change the CMOS Battery.
Take Care...
Dee

 

[Jim]

The clock time and date are correct in the task bar but is there anyway of
reseting it? is like a internal clock thats why its saying 01 jan 1970?

There is only one clock. The program which displays the time in the task
bar merely takes the time from the internal clock and applies the GMT
offset. This program
is almost certainly written in C. I do not understand why one source of
time information differs from another when they both get their time
information from the
same source.
Jim