HT1595 My AppleTV seems to be stuck on the "Setting Date and Time" load page

I just moved from a house to an apartment and when I hooked up my appleTV it said "Setting date and time" with a spinning load wheel and it's been doing this for a long time now. I hit MENU on the remote and tried going to Settings> General> Network like it said at the bottom of the screen, but nothing happened. It's connected to the right WiFi network, but the only icons it shows on the home screen are the 'Computers' icon (for Home Sharing) and the 'Settings' icon. My movies, music, tv shows, netflix etc. icons aren't showing up. I restarted it and got as far as the "Setting date and time" load page again, where it just sits and loads.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Assuming this is not the first time you have used your Apple TV
    1.    You might try restarting the Apple TV by removing ALL the cables for 30 seconds.
    2.    Also try restarting the router.
    3.    If the problem persists, try a restore, you may want to try the previous procedures several times before doing this.
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