Trying to update iphone 4 from ios 4 to ios 6! whys it saying its going to take so long?

so im trying to update from ios4 to the latest software update. the phone used to be my dads but now he gave it to me so i reset the entire phone so there's nothing in it at all. like brand new.  i know you cant do it on the air so im doing it through itunes. i clicked on the option that said download and update so it happens straight away however it says "iphone software update (17hours remaining)" and its been going on for previously at least an hour. this is ridiculous. is it meant to take that long because im updating from ios4 to ios 6 and missed out ios5?

just like to correct: im on iOS 4.3.1 
also additional info:
- secondly i have restarted my phone and restarted itunes many times  & i have the latest version of itunes
- restarted everything again. i synced my phone for the fun of syncing hoping that might help although i didnt have anything to sync but anyway now its reduced the time & said "8hours remaining" but in the space of 10minutes went up to "11hours remaining" seriously? please help .
thanks

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