The clock time is keep by a battery or capacitor on some models. It is a small battery on the motherboard and used when the computer is off. When the computer is on and online it will automatically update the clock time. Normally that battery last 3-5 years. Try setting the time manually, by getting the actual update for apple time server. > sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com then you will see something like > 8 Jun 14:30:11 ntpdate[28267]: adjust time server 17.151.16.14 offset > 0.000336 sec You generally don’t need to do this if you use the “Set date and time automatically” feature within the Date & Time settings. ![enter image description here][1] If that did not work, reset your SMC and PRAM ([System management Controller][2]) I can not believe it is your battery but everything is possible :(. Assuming you do not have 2 left hands, you could do that your self. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/HYjjn.png [2]: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964