Severe system time drift on VPS host affecting n8n instance

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Description: I am experiencing a severe time drift issue on my VPS server. Since the host system's time is incorrect, the time referenced by the n8n instance running on Docker is also significantly out of sync, causing critical issues in my workflows.

Environment:

n8n version: 2.2.1

Deployment: Docker / Docker Compose

OS: VPS (Linux)

Current Behavior: The system clock has drifted by approximately 5 days. Even with timezone settings applied, the fundamental system time is incorrect.

Actual current time: 2026-01-02 22:25:00 JST

n8n output ($now): 2025-12-29 04:59:33 JST

Output of date command in terminal: Sun Dec 28 20:42:05 UTC 2025

As shown above, the host server's clock itself is significantly behind the actual time, which is being inherited by the n8n container.

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