|  | @@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ or_state_load(void)
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				|  |  |      log_info(LD_GENERAL, "Loaded state from \"%s\"", fname);
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				|  |  |      /* Warn the user if their clock has been set backwards,
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				|  |  |       * they could be tricked into using old consensuses */
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				|  |  | -    time_t apparent_skew = new_state->LastWritten - time(NULL);
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				|  |  | -    if (apparent_skew > 0)
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				|  |  | +    time_t apparent_skew = time(NULL) - new_state->LastWritten;
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				|  |  | +    if (apparent_skew < 0)
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				|  |  |        clock_skew_warning(NULL, (long)apparent_skew, 1, LD_GENERAL,
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				|  |  |                           "local state file", fname);
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				|  |  |    } else {
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