Logging into mariadb on a VM hosted on TrueNAS

mysql -uroot -p
Enter password:
ERROR 2026 (HY000): TLS/SSL error: certificate is not yet valid

Date in VM is set to UTC

date
Tue Aug  4 06:38:39 AM UTC 2026

Fix

Change the VM settings in TrueNAS to have System Clock be UTC instead of local and reboot. After this change the login happened without having to use --skip-ssl

mysql -uroot -p
Enter password:
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