Apple addresses Mac OS X 10.2.4 date bug with Knowledge Base article

Apple has addressed officially acknowledged Mac OS X 10.2.4 date bug, which was reported and worked around, previously on MacFixIt.

After updating to Mac OS X 10.2.4, some systems constantly reset themselves to the date "Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 1969" after being restarted. It now appears - based on a compilation of more than 2 dozen reader reports - that the problem occurs mostly on Power Mac G4 dual processor systems (a handful of users report the problem with other models), including the 2003 Power Mac G4 (FireWire 800) models - which include a modified version of Mac OS X 10.2.3. The problem also only occurs you shut the Mac down completely. Restarting does not usually cause the date to reset.

The Apple Knowledge Base article, #25374, offers the sole workaround of using a network time server (which does not work for dial-up Internet connection users and was previously noted here).

Other workarounds posted on MacFixIt include using Apple's CHUD Tools and the small utility iTime 1.0.

Feedback on this issue? Drop us a line at late-breakers@macfixit.com.

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