Ubuntu
e2fsprogs package

  1. Bug #427822
  2. Comment #32

Comment 32 for bug 427822

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Dan Kegel (dank) wrote : Re: fsck says last write time in future

So it doesn't seem fixed to me. Workaround: at the diagnostic root prompt, type
  mount -o remount /
  ^D
and then CTL-ALT-DEL. (presumably the reboot command would have done fine, too.)
It then seems to boot normally.