PS3 Error: 8001050F/Do not turn on PS3 today!

[kk.]

It is It save data is it? Just trophy and psn :S

[Eight.]

Calm down all. It's something to do with the PS3's internal clock. not the OS one.

What happened

After further searching I came across a pretty good theory on what happend besides (HACKERS) and here it is,

The going theory is that the PS3 is storing some form of date in GMT, then modifying that to get whatever you see in the on-screen clock. That modification process seems to be fine--the system can take 2/28/2010, 9PM GMT, add four hours, and get 3/1/2010, 1AM random time zone.

What's apparently effed, as speculation goes, is when the internal GMT-tracking rolls over to 3/1. It's either not rolling, or rolling to 2/29, at which point a system tries to add/subtract from 2/29, which it can't do because the front-end calendar doesn't have a 2/29/2010, and $#!T explodes. Seemed to happen around 4PM PDT, which I think is 12AM GMT, so.

And the PS3 launched in 2006; it's hit 4 2/28s so far. 2007 and 2009 were odd-numbered years; 2008 was an even, and a leap year. 2010 is the first even non-leap-year the system's been around for. If some sort of base-level math is choking on itself, it may have ruled out the odd 2007 and 2009 successfully, but is convinced the even 2010 is a leap year (this part I'm less sure of, but is why leap year could theoretically come into play at some point.)

People worried about Data

"Everyone READ THIS PLEASE. Here's what's going on right now: something with the PS3's internal clock has borked in some pre-slim models. This is not a PSN issue; it has to do with your PS3's clock. This clock is NOT related to the OS clock. It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

Does this affect me?
-If you have a Slim PS3, you're good to go. Continue playing it as normal.
-If you have a "fat" PS3, you may be affected. Some fat PS3s have worked ok, but it seems a good majority have been bugged. What does this bug mean?
-If affected, your date and time has been set to a random past date. This prevents you from signing into PSN, playing any PSN games, or using any DLC. Your trophies will also not display correctly or be able to sync.

How do I fix it?
-You can't. Even if you don't sign into PSN, it won't help. This is a hardware issue.

So, what do I do?
-Wait 24 hours. Other products that have had similar bugs have corrected themselves after the "bugged" day. On Monday around 6pm central time, all PS3s will automatically correct themselves...maybe.
-If that doesn't work, we'll need a firmware update from Sony, which should be a pretty important priority for them right now.

Did I lose my data/themes/etc?
Your save data/games/dlc/themes are fine. They'll be fixed when the PS3 is fixed. Trophies are uncertain right now, but they'll be fine if you've synced them before the PS3 was bugged. Unsynced trophies are an unknown right now.

If I have a bugged PS3, can I still use it?
It's probably not a good idea, as I have no idea what will happen to the trophies you earn during the bugged time. Movies/media will work fine."

[CHA!NGANG]

Oh that's true. Well as long as it works soon I'm not too fussed.

[FlyingJesus]

From what I heard off a friend who has a ps3 it erases all of your trophies etc and then won't allow the games to run because the trophies (which obviously aren't there) can't be synched for play. Not too useful really

[Geraint]

if i save all data to memory card will i keep it?

[Eight.]

Basically something to do with the PS3 internal clock thinking it's a leap year and it's goes all weird and all goes all the way back to 1999/2000. Just wait till 2/3/10 and see what happens. Sony are working on it. Check their twitter.

[Arron]

right.
i don't care if i lost my trophies, i just wanna go online with mw2 :L

Thanks everyone, like I said - +Rep to all helpful answers.

[Geraint]

as long as i keep my fifa and mw2 online stuff i couldnt give a **** what else i lose.

[Dusty-09]

im on right now and its fine :S but if you guys didnt set your clock with the internet that may be why but yeah im on mw2 now

[Arron]

it's funny cos' last night when i found that i couldn't get signed in, I was messing with my theme settings then realised my clock has never been correct, so I updated it. It's still the incorrect time. I don't know how it's funny but..