On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 14:31:53 +0200
Florian Zieboll via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

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> On April 17, 2021 2:03:44 PM GMT+02:00, Hendrik Boom
> <hendrik@???> wrote:
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> > Just curious -- what does apt update need the time and date for?
> > Aren't the version numbes of the packages all it needs?
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> I'd guess that the correct time is required for signature
> verification.
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> libre Grüße,
> Florian
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Hi,
the exact error was like this but for beowulf:

E: Release file for http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster-updates/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 7d 11h 6min 22s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
E: Release file for http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/buster/updates/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 7d 13h 20min 50s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.

Ciao,
Tito