[tor-bugs] #23521 [Core Tor/Tor]: detect if clock skew is probably really time zone misconfiguration

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#23521: detect if clock skew is probably really time zone misconfiguration
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     Reporter:  catalyst      |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.3.x-final
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:  bootstrap clock-skew ux
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 Many times when a tor client has clock skew, it's offset from the network
 by a round number of hours (or half hours), implying a time zone
 misconfiguration of some kind.  We might want to detect these situations
 and either automatically compensate, or report a better warning to the
 user than we do currently.

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