RTC resets on Arduino reset

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Every time I reset my arduino, the year goes to 2106, and I don't know why...

// Date and time functions using just software, based on millis() & timer

#include <Wire.h>
#include "RTClib.h"

RTC_Millis rtc;

void setup () {
    Serial.begin(9600);
    // following line sets the RTC to the date & time this sketch was compiled
    if(rtc.now().year() != "2017"){
      Serial.println(rtc.now().year());
      rtc.begin(DateTime(__DATE__, __TIME__));
    }
    //
}

void loop () {
    DateTime now = rtc.now();
    
    Serial.print(now.year(), DEC);
    Serial.print('/');
    Serial.print(now.month(), DEC);
    Serial.print('/');
    Serial.print(now.day(), DEC);
    Serial.print(' ');
    Serial.print(now.hour(), DEC);
    Serial.print(':');
    Serial.print(now.minute(), DEC);
    Serial.print(':');
    Serial.print(now.second(), DEC);
    Serial.println();
    
    Serial.print(" seconds since 1970: ");
    Serial.println(now.unixtime());
    
    // calculate a date which is 7 days and 30 seconds into the future
    
    Serial.println();
    delay(3000);
}

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/*SERIAL MONITOR*/
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*presses reset button*

2106 //year reset???
2017/9/23 16:27:32 //resetting to upload time
2

Not sure which library you use but I would start by looking at the type of value returned by year() and read about string comparisons (if your lib does not return an instance of the String class)

    if(rtc.now().year() [color=red]!= "2017"[/color]){

in the library I know, this is how year() is defined  uint16_t year() const      { return 2000 + yOff; } in the class DateTime (so returns an unsigned int on 16 bits)

3

Always break the program down into the minimum needed to create the problem. Remove your IF test in setup() and you should see the problem.