Adafruit PCF8523 does not running

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I am trying to use a PCF8523 RTC because it works with 3.3 V boards. I get the following when I run the Arduino PCF 8523 Example program:

RTC is NOT running!
2165/165/165 (Friday) 165:165:85
since midnight 1/1/1970 = 1059695185s = 12264d
now + 7d + 30s: 2003/8/8 12:16:31

2165/165/165 (Friday) 165:165:85
since midnight 1/1/1970 = 1059695185s = 12264d
now + 7d + 30s: 2003/8/8 12:16:31

I my experience this has usually meant the RTC was not powered or was underpowered, but my VOM says 3.3V. The incude statements used are: #include <Wire.h> and #include<RTClib.h>. I also tried #include<Adafruit_BusIO.h>. I also added a delay after Serial.begin, to no effect.

RTC fails to pass the statement: if (! rtc.initialized()) . I could find no guidance in the web on what this means or how to correct it.

Thank you for any suggestions.
R

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Show a picture of your board, front and back, also of the wiring. Looking for something small that might have been overlooked.

I think this is your example code:

but this is the finished code:

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Please post an annotated schematic as to how you have it wired, showing all connections, power, ground, etc. Also post links to technical information on the hardware parts, links to market places such as azon are generally useless.

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