Date & Time in menu bar not updating

My "Date & time" info in the top right menubar does not "run": it only updates to the current time when I click it.
I have it set as digital showing seconds but it just doesn't run, it's stuck on the last date/time I updated by clicking it.
I never had this before
I use MacPro with Mac OS Lion 10.7.5
Any reason?

@straycatcn, you're not the only one, no. I just starting having the same problem recently, and I'm not yet certain how to fix it. There are no errors that I can find in the console logs, and a reboot doesn't seem to fix the issue. Have you come up with a cause and/or solution?

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Back up all data before proceeding.
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I'm having a very silly problem that is driving me crazy. I found similar problems on this forum but not exactly the answer to them.
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