Fix wrong date time on Raspberry Pi 3 in LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.1 MR (Kodi), when connected over WiFi

fixtime.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

## Python 2.7 script
## Use it as workaround for Kodi LibreELEC wrong date time bug, when used on Raspberry Pi 3 over WiFi.
## Log in into LibreELEC over SSH, create this script as executable, 
##
## $ nano fixtime.py
## $ chmod +x fixtime.py
##
## and call it from autostart.sh
##
## $ nano /storage/.config/autostart.sh
##
## Add delay 10 sec in autostart.sh:
##
## (sleep 10;
## /storage/./fixtime.py
## ) &

import urllib2
import sys
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

## Returns date (GMT) from Google HTTP response header in this format
## (2017, 5, 25, 9, 40, 23, 0, 1, 0)
d = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.google.com/').info().getdate('Date')

## Create python datetime type
dp = datetime(d[0], d[1], d[2], d[3], d[4], d[5], d[6])

## Add 2 hours for CET time zone
df = dp + timedelta(hours=2)

## Create tuple, to get datetime parts
t = df.timetuple()

## Convert to format needed for date command in terminal window on BusyBox in LibreELEC
## [YYYY.]MM.DD-hh:mm[:ss]
s = str(t.tm_year) + '.' + str(t.tm_mon).zfill(2) + '.' + str(t.tm_mday).zfill(2) + '-' +str(t.tm_hour).zfill(2) +':'+str(t.tm_min).zfill(2) + ':' + str(t.tm_sec).zfill(2)

## Print it in terminal window for visual check
print s

## Call OS date command with our new date
subprocess.check_output(['date', '--set', s])

sys.exit(0)

Hi - Appreciate that this is an old post, but having trouble with this script - it looks to be exactly the solution I need!
This is what I get:
LibreELEC:/.config # ./fixtime.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./fixtime.py", line 27, in
d = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.google.com/').info().getdate('Date')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 429, in open
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 447, in _open
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1228, in http_open
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1198, in do_open
urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known>
LibreELEC:/.config #

Any ideas?

It looks like your DNS is not working properly, or your Pi has no internet acces.
Try with

urllib2.urlopen('http://172.217.9.238/').info().getdate('Date')

using directly google ip address.

Tried that - same error, but ping to 172.217.9.238 is successful when SSH'd into the PI
Just tried to run iplayer - similar error, also checked the logs and the - URLError: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known> appears at every call to the internet
Now trying ethernet connection to see if that makes a difference
Date issue only started when I upgraded KODI version, then had to downgrade as TVHeadend add-on did not work
Next stop fresh install on a PI 4

Ethernet - OK
WLAN - changed to DHCP now works
Original issue may well have been that broken WLAN did not pick up ntp server
But script is now running

You saved my day, this bug was driving me crazy.