HT3275 time machine takes 30 years to backup

I have used the Time Machine successfully for many month. Then a month ago something went wrong and every time i back up it went into a non-stop loop.
1. I erased the axulary HD
2. formated the axulary HD
3. I erased everthing from it and simply clicked on "Enter Time Machine" It automatically formated the HD and let me know the first backup will take 30 years
4. Again I erased everthing from it and clicked on "Enter Time Machine" It swung into action and let me know that the first backup will take 5,600 days.
and it goes on like it ever since.

This is a known problem on OS X 10.7.5 which was fixed by a release this afternoon by Apple. Do a Software Update or you can pick it up off the Apple download site.

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