For part 1, read up on this page
yes sudo ntpd -s helps after the miner is running but as ive asked can you get the time right at the startup before the miner starts? like when the power goes out and the pi restarts it always goes back to 1960 something
i'm a big fan of rtfm also but havent found the answer to my questions in the 40 pages i've read so far here or in the wiki