Merge pull request #6489

f261f19 Give a better error message if system clock is bad (Casey Rodarmor)
bitcoin · Aug 5, 2015 · c9c017a · c9c017a · zawy12 · Feb 11, 2020
2 parents 9bb4dd8 + f261f19
commit c9c017a
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diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1230,6 +1230,18 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
                     LogPrintf("Prune: pruned datadir may not have more than %d blocks; -checkblocks=%d may fail\n",
                         MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP, GetArg("-checkblocks", 288));
                 }
+
+                {
+                    LOCK(cs_main);
+                    CBlockIndex* tip = chainActive.Tip();
+                    if (tip && tip->nTime > GetAdjustedTime() + 2 * 60 * 60) {
+                        strLoadError = _("The block database contains a block which appears to be from the future. "
+                                "This may be due to your computer's date and time being set incorrectly. "
+                                "Only rebuild the block database if you are sure that your computer's date and time are correct");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 if (!CVerifyDB().VerifyDB(pcoinsdbview, GetArg("-checklevel", 3),
                               GetArg("-checkblocks", 288))) {
                     strLoadError = _("Corrupted block database detected");