"Issued certificate not yet valid." with wget?

Question

I am getting the following error when using wget to fetch a file:

  Issued certificate not yet valid.
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Testing with openssl returns a similar message:

Verify return code: 9 (certificate is not yet valid)

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '13 at 16:18

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Your system clock is likely set in the past.

answered Oct 30 '13 at 16:18

Phil

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Well, so easy ... Thanks a lot (specially on embedded devices it is good to check if RTC is set correctly ...) – hfrmobile Mar 31 '17 at 08:42
+1 Thanks for saving my day – Reuben Jan 31 '20 at 09:51

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '13 at 16:16

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When checking the ssl certificate 'notBefore' date with openssl it was valid... It turns out my calling machine's system time was way in the past.

answered Oct 30 '13 at 16:16

AXE Labs

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 12 '20 at 20:48

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Sync system clock:

timedatectl set-ntp true

answered May 12 '20 at 20:48

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 07 '21 at 20:03

I fixed that following this tutorial: Network - NTP

Check if your system clock is correct:

timedatectl status

Local time: Fr 2018-02-23 08:47:13 UTC
                   Universal time: Fr 2018-02-23 08:47:13 UTC
                         RTC time: Fr 2018-02-23 08:47:13
                        Time zone: Etc/UTC (UTC, +0000)
        System clock synchronized: yes
 systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
                  RTC in local TZ: no

If not, install chrony:

sudo apt install chrony

And start chronyd - the actual daemon to sync and serve via the NTP protocol

sudo chronyd

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 12 '17 at 04:47

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For me the issue was system clock out of sync. I wanted to also provide a lync to the fix (setup ntp). How do I update a CentOS server's time from an authoritative time server?

answered Oct 12 '17 at 04:47

abe

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please try to avoid link only answers. provide full answer into your post, with reference links. – Federico Galli Oct 12 '17 at 09:48

"Issued certificate not yet valid." with wget?

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