Release file for X is not valid yet error in apt-get update

When trying to build my ubuntu-based Docker container (Docker for Windows), all of a sudden I get an error similar to

E: Release file for is not valid yet (invalid for another 9h 55min 59s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.

and the build fails. How can I fix this?

3 Answers

Please try this command.

sudo hwclock --hctosys

I fixed the error by above commands.

It's just about date and time, mine has fixed with this:

sudo service ntp restart

It turns out Docker for Windows has a problem with clock drift (potentially due to laptop sleep).

Solution was to adjust system clock in Docker, e.g.

>docker run --privileged -it ubuntu:20.04
root@0b05be0fc8b6:/# date +%T -s "12:21:43"

assuming "12:21:43" is current time in UTC.

Edit: The problem reappeared and looks to be related to Hyper-V and laptop low battery sleep. I upgraded to the latest Windows 10 and switched Docker to use WSL2 instead of the deprecated Hyper-V and the problem is finally gone.