[Zope] Urgent problem: Database and large clock skew

[Jim Flanagan]

Hi,

In trying to fix a problem with Zope httpd server sockets getting wedged in 
TIME_WAIT state, I set my system clock ahead by a year, then set it back. 
Unfortunately, connections to the Zope httpd server occurred while the 
clock was set in the future, and now when I try to start Zope, it dies with:

DatabaseError: The database contains records, starting at position 
189587919, that have time stamps 2540023.19965 seconds in the future. This 
could lead to database corruption.  Please double check your system clock!

I'm using a pre-2.0 version of Zope (Though I can't determin exacly which 
version...)

Is there any way to correct insane timestamp values? I'm pretty much dead 
in the water.

Alternatively, I have found the section in BoboPOS.py where this exception 
is generated. Is it really a problem to have future timestamps? What if I 
just snipped this portion of the code out?

Please respond to jimfl@tensegrity.net.

TIA

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Jim Flanagan
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