Why did system forget date for a few hours after reboot?












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I have cron command that runs a shutdown bash script at 12:10am every day.



10 0 * * * /bin/bash /var/www/scripts/special-reboot.sh


The script is very basic, all it does is shutdown nginx and moves data from MEMORY tables in MySQL to normal tables. Then it performs sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now 'Daily restart.'



It's been running well for about a month or two, however last night something very strange happened and I need to know why.



I have a python logging script which checks that important processes are running every 15 minutes. After the reboot last night, the log looked like this (note the dates and times).



[2019-02-12 23:45] 
...
[2019-02-13 00:00]
...
[2016-11-04 03:30]
...
[2016-11-04 03:45]
...
[2016-11-04 04:00]
...
[2016-11-04 04:15]
...
[2016-11-04 04:30]
...
[2016-11-04 04:45]
...
[2016-11-04 05:00]
...
[2016-11-04 05:15]
...
[2016-11-04 05:30]
...
[2019-02-13 02:30]
...
[2019-02-13 02:45]
...
[2019-02-13 03:00]


As you can see, it suddenly starts counting from a different date time for about two hours, and then it goes back to normal.



The scariest part is that it wasn't only the python script that was affected. Another C script that tracks electrical pulses is missing data from that period of time.



I don't know what could've caused this. I know, due to my logging script that all of the important programs were running absolutely fine during this time period. I believe this is most likely a problem with the system rather than my programs.









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    I have cron command that runs a shutdown bash script at 12:10am every day.



    10 0 * * * /bin/bash /var/www/scripts/special-reboot.sh


    The script is very basic, all it does is shutdown nginx and moves data from MEMORY tables in MySQL to normal tables. Then it performs sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now 'Daily restart.'



    It's been running well for about a month or two, however last night something very strange happened and I need to know why.



    I have a python logging script which checks that important processes are running every 15 minutes. After the reboot last night, the log looked like this (note the dates and times).



    [2019-02-12 23:45] 
    ...
    [2019-02-13 00:00]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 03:30]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 03:45]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 04:00]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 04:15]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 04:30]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 04:45]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 05:00]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 05:15]
    ...
    [2016-11-04 05:30]
    ...
    [2019-02-13 02:30]
    ...
    [2019-02-13 02:45]
    ...
    [2019-02-13 03:00]


    As you can see, it suddenly starts counting from a different date time for about two hours, and then it goes back to normal.



    The scariest part is that it wasn't only the python script that was affected. Another C script that tracks electrical pulses is missing data from that period of time.



    I don't know what could've caused this. I know, due to my logging script that all of the important programs were running absolutely fine during this time period. I believe this is most likely a problem with the system rather than my programs.









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      I have cron command that runs a shutdown bash script at 12:10am every day.



      10 0 * * * /bin/bash /var/www/scripts/special-reboot.sh


      The script is very basic, all it does is shutdown nginx and moves data from MEMORY tables in MySQL to normal tables. Then it performs sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now 'Daily restart.'



      It's been running well for about a month or two, however last night something very strange happened and I need to know why.



      I have a python logging script which checks that important processes are running every 15 minutes. After the reboot last night, the log looked like this (note the dates and times).



      [2019-02-12 23:45] 
      ...
      [2019-02-13 00:00]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 03:30]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 03:45]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 04:00]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 04:15]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 04:30]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 04:45]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 05:00]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 05:15]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 05:30]
      ...
      [2019-02-13 02:30]
      ...
      [2019-02-13 02:45]
      ...
      [2019-02-13 03:00]


      As you can see, it suddenly starts counting from a different date time for about two hours, and then it goes back to normal.



      The scariest part is that it wasn't only the python script that was affected. Another C script that tracks electrical pulses is missing data from that period of time.



      I don't know what could've caused this. I know, due to my logging script that all of the important programs were running absolutely fine during this time period. I believe this is most likely a problem with the system rather than my programs.









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      I have cron command that runs a shutdown bash script at 12:10am every day.



      10 0 * * * /bin/bash /var/www/scripts/special-reboot.sh


      The script is very basic, all it does is shutdown nginx and moves data from MEMORY tables in MySQL to normal tables. Then it performs sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now 'Daily restart.'



      It's been running well for about a month or two, however last night something very strange happened and I need to know why.



      I have a python logging script which checks that important processes are running every 15 minutes. After the reboot last night, the log looked like this (note the dates and times).



      [2019-02-12 23:45] 
      ...
      [2019-02-13 00:00]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 03:30]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 03:45]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 04:00]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 04:15]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 04:30]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 04:45]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 05:00]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 05:15]
      ...
      [2016-11-04 05:30]
      ...
      [2019-02-13 02:30]
      ...
      [2019-02-13 02:45]
      ...
      [2019-02-13 03:00]


      As you can see, it suddenly starts counting from a different date time for about two hours, and then it goes back to normal.



      The scariest part is that it wasn't only the python script that was affected. Another C script that tracks electrical pulses is missing data from that period of time.



      I don't know what could've caused this. I know, due to my logging script that all of the important programs were running absolutely fine during this time period. I believe this is most likely a problem with the system rather than my programs.







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