[tor-bugs] #16608 [Core Tor/Tor]: "time published in the consensus network status" seems to be wrong

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#16608: "time published in the consensus network status" seems to be wrong
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 Reporter:  toralf        |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.???
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.6.10
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by toralf):

 Replying to [comment:2 teor]:
 > It is far more likely that your relay's clock has drifted, or your NTP
 server's clock has drifted.

 Yes.

 OTOH I checked the time yesterday immediately after that occurred:
 {{{
 May 12 20:58:43.000 [warn] Our clock is 1 minutes, 17 seconds behind the
 time published in the consensus network status document (2016-05-12
 19:00:00 UTC).  Tor needs an accurate clock to work correctly. Please
 check your time and date settings!
 May 12 20:58:43.000 [notice] This version of Tor (0.2.8.2-alpha-dev) is
 newer than any recommended version, according to the directory
 authorities. Recommended versions are:
 0.2.4.23,0.2.4.24,0.2.4.25,0.2.4.26,0.2.4.27,0.2.5.8-rc,0.2.5.9-rc,0.2.5.10,0.2.5.11,0.2.5.12,0.2.6.5-rc,0.2.6.6,0.2.6.7,0.2.6.8,0.2.6.9,0.2.6.10,0.2.7.1-alpha,0.2.7.2-alpha,0.2.7.3-rc,0.2.7.4-rc,0.2.7.5,0.2.7.6,0.2.8.1-alpha,0.2.8.2-alpha
 }}}
 with my desktop - and that with the TV - all the same.

 And b/c the times at the authorities are correct too I do wonder about it.

 FWIW here's the header of the monitoring email :
 {{{
 Return-path: <root at your-server.de>
 Envelope-to: tor-relay at zwiebeltoralf.de
 Delivery-date: Thu, 12 May 2016 20:58:56 +0200
 Received: from tor-relay.zwiebeltoralf.de ([5.9.158.75] helo=www325.your-
 server.de)
         by www325.your-server.de with smtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-
 SHA384:256)
         (Exim 4.85_2)
         (envelope-from <root at your-server.de>)
         id 1b0voy-0006Mf-DX
         for tor-relay at zwiebeltoralf.de; Thu, 12 May 2016 20:58:56 +0200
 Received: by www325.your-server.de (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 12 May
 2016 20:58:44 +0200
 From: "root" <root at your-server.de>
 Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 20:58:44 +0200
 To: tor-relay at zwiebeltoralf.de
 Subject: /tmp/notice.log : May 12 20:58:43.000 [warn] Our clock is 1
 minutes, 17 seconds behind the time published in the consensus network
 status document (2016-05-12 19:00:00 UTC).  Tor needs an accurate clock to
 work correctly. Please check your time and date settings!
 X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 0.99/21533/Thu May 12 18:56:20 2016)
 X-Spam-Score: 3.8 (+++)
 Delivered-To: zwiebes-tor-relay at zwiebeltoralf.de

 }}}

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