diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index c0125b901ba8b..282a5172b664a 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -880,6 +880,62 @@ size_t CConnman::SocketSendData(CNode *pnode) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(pnode->cs
     auto it = pnode->vSendMsg.begin();
     size_t nSentSize = 0;
 
+/*  Begin queue send delay time offset fix
+    The Sendtime is not the time this message was put in the queue,
+    it is Now(). Observed queue delays of 30 seconds or more are introduced
+    on hosts with restricted resources during "tip" folloowing and chain
+    re-org operations. This delay corrupts AdjustedTime on the receiving host
+    format of VERSION message in std::deque, not contiguous
+    (4)     message start
+    (12)    command = version
+    (4)     size
+    (4)     checksum
+------- chunk 2 -------
+    (4)     nVersion
+    (8)     nServiceInt
+    (8)     nTime
+    (x)     CAddress    addrMe
+    (x)     CAddress    addrFrom
+    (8)     nNonce
+    ........ and so on...
+*/
+    union uS
+    {
+        uint64_t ui64_tm;
+        u_char uchr_tm[8];
+    };
+    union uS uSendbuff;
+    const int bigint = 1;
+    auto& sh = *it;
+// at front of deque, hdrbuf is first
+    CMessageHeader * shdr = reinterpret_cast<CMessageHeader*>(sh.data());
+    std::string strCommand = shdr->GetCommand();
+    if (strCommand == NetMsgType::VERSION) {
+/*  do not increment "it", it corrupts deque
+    header and message are in 2 sequential non-contiguious chunks in the deque, see:
+    void CConnman::PushMessage(CNode* pnode, CSerializedNetMsg&& msg)
+    ...
+        pnode->vSendMsg.push_back(std::move(serializedHeader));
+        if (nMessageSize)
+            pnode->vSendMsg.push_back(std::move(msg.data));
+*/
+        auto& sd = *(std::next(it, 1)); // point to next data chunk
+        memcpy(uSendbuff.uchr_tm, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(sd.data() + 12), 8);
+        int64_t nSendtime = uSendbuff.ui64_tm;
+        int64_t nNow = (pnode->IsInboundConn()) ? GetAdjustedTime() : GetTime();
+        int64_t nNewSendtime = nNow;
+        if (! *(char *)&bigint) {       // if bigendian
+            nSendtime = bswap_64(uSendbuff.ui64_tm);
+            nNewSendtime = bswap_64(nNow);
+        }
+//        LogPrintf("HACK %s size %d %" PRId64 " %" PRId64 "\n", strCommand.c_str(), shdr->nMessageSize, nSendtime
+        if (nSendtime != nNow) {
+             uSendbuff.ui64_tm = nNewSendtime;
+             memcpy(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(sd.data() + 12), uSendbuff.uchr_tm, 8);
+        }
+    }
+// end time offset fix
+
     while (it != pnode->vSendMsg.end()) {
         const auto &data = *it;
         assert(data.size() > pnode->nSendOffset);
diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index 2806c0b4c4abd..2699f3fb0791a 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -3069,7 +3069,16 @@ void PeerManagerImpl::ProcessMessage(
                   pfrom.nStartingHeight, addrMe.ToString(), pfrom.GetId(),
                   remoteAddr);
 
-        int64_t nTimeOffset = nTime - GetTime();
+/*  Begin queue receive delay time offset fix
+    The receive time is not the time this message is processed, it it the time
+    it was put in the queue nTimeReceived.
+    Observed queue delays of 30 seconds or more are introduced
+    on hosts with restricted resources during "tip" folloowing and chain
+    re-org operations. This delay corrupts AdjustedTime/
+*/
+//        int64_t nTimeOffset = nTime - GetTime();
+        int64_t nTimeOffset = nTime - (nTimeReceived/1000000);
+
         pfrom.nTimeOffset = nTimeOffset;
         AddTimeData(pfrom.addr, nTimeOffset);