Core 29.1 telling me time on my system is off by 10 minutes but shows correct date/time It synced the whole file fine and has worked for the past two days i was attempting to add sparrow wallet to use for it and following youtube videos from a few people and that is when the time error started showing up in the bitcoin core. not sure what to try as google just tells me about the blocks every 10 minutes timeframe which is not my issue.
Thanks in advance.
Core 29.1 checks your computer’s clock against the median time it sees from peers. If the difference is large enough (about ten minutes or more) it will display a warning even if your desktop shows the correct date and time. The warning text in Core is: “Please check that your computer’s date and time are correct! If your clock is wrong, Bitcoin will not work properly.”
This happens when your system is not syncing correctly with a reliable time source. Common causes are NTP being disabled, your hardware clock being out of sync with your system clock (common in dual-boot or VM setups), or just clock drift if your computer hasn’t updated from the network recently.
The fix is to force your operating system to resync with a network time server. On Linux you can run timedatectl set-ntp true. On Windows you can run w32tm /resync. On macOS turn on “Set time automatically” in the Date & Time settings. If you are in a VM or dual-boot environment, check the hardware clock too and set it to UTC.
Once your system is syncing correctly, Core will realign with peers and the warning will go away after a few minutes or a restart.