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As parent said, it's usually a very good idea to check for time delay and ensure it "makes sense" before doing anything destructive. Doesn't cost much, can save a lot, and adding a command switch to bypass it allows to skip the "haven't booted in a couple week and now everything refuses to run" problem.

A much more common case of when such a check help is "last time run is in the future", that you face every time there is a clock issue. Some scripts... Don't react too well about that.