Yes, if you'd reset the time to be within 5 minutes of the node the problem should go away.
Still the application should work regardless of local time. However it might be that the automatic synchronization is not working correctly. So far, from the data you've posted it looks like it might be working correctly on chat.peakd.com and that's what I would like to confirm with you - which would help me narrow down where the problem is and I'd focus on debugging the widget.
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