Thanks for all this info, I was checking the conf file in dom0.
in /etc/sdwdate.d/30_default.conf in a whonix-ws vm, RANDOMIZE_TIME=true is commented out.
But in etc/sdwdate.d/40_anon-apps-config.conf it is active.
Is that an issue?
My expected result when searching “what time is it” in a whonix-ws vm is that the random time sdwdate sets is what would show up (the median of 3 random onions), instead it is occasionally my actual time.
Also, when I run date in my whonix-ws vm terminal, it is a different time than when I search “what time is it” in my browser.
Is this because searching in the browser just gives the time zone of the last hop? Whereas date gives me the time sdwdate has set in my system clock?