Most likely this is being caused by dropped packets to the servers. It would explain the random ping spikes players have been getting the past few months.
--note-- this is usually not caused by other players but the servers themselves (or somewhere along the network path)
A real sysadmin knows how to change the time.
If you make the same mistake while trying to make up for the previous one, you are doing something wrong.
As much as I'd love to say I offer consulting services, the scope of things broken is too large.