Clock set before 2-24-01 - WHY????

When the mini was turned on this morning (out of town for a day, so turned it off before leaving) the clock was 2-26-94 with the wrong hour setting and a window that read Clock Set Before 2-24-01 etc. I turned on the automatically set clock date (was not previously on) and connected via ISP and it updated, but from using other Mac's over the past 12 years this usually meant the internal battery needed replacing although most lasted 3 or more years. So this happening in a Mini at one year puzzles me.
This is second time this has occurred.
Solution?
It's Under Apple Care but I didn't get the "quick Reference Guide" that was supposed to be in the original materials or the Apple Care Protection Plan
materials.
Mini, 1GB, 1.42 GHZ, 80G   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

I would set the clock now.
Then, after you have made sure that the date and time are correct, I would turn the computer off.
Then, un-plug it from it's power supply.
I would leave the computer un-plugged for maybe 5 or 10 minutes.
Then, plug it in, and turn it on.
Check the date and time again.
If the date and time are incorrect again, then you know that either you're battery is dead or you're system has a PRAM problem somewhere.
If the machine is under warranty, then I would call to arrange an inspection and have it serviced.
If it's not under warranty, then you might try replacing the battery.
The Mac Mini uses a coin-cell battery like the PC's do.
So, you should be able to obtain a replacement battery at just about any local store. I haven't looked at mine, but it should be a CR2032 which is the same battery used by PC's and the iMac G5.
You should be able to find a battery at Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, and just about any other place that stocks batteries. The CR2032 is a common stock item at most stores.
As a side note, at least you're only goes back to 2001. I used to have a computer that would revert back to 1953 or 1956 when it's battery died. I can't remember which year, but I know it was in the 1950's.
Strange since we didn't even have personal computer's back then (much less the digital timers used in computers). How weird. I know the clock in that machine was made by Dallas Semiconductors.

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