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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 368654bfa6..7b69c81ff9 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -820,7 +820,8 @@ UniValue pruneblockchain(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
throw runtime_error(
"pruneblockchain\n"
"\nArguments:\n"
- "1. \"height\" (numeric, required) The block height to prune up to. May be set to a discrete height, or to a unix timestamp to prune based on block time.\n"
+ "1. \"height\" (numeric, required) The block height to prune up to. May be set to a discrete height, or a unix timestamp\n"
+ " to prune blocks whose block time is at least 2 hours older than the provided timestamp.\n"
"\nResult:\n"
"n (numeric) Height of the last block pruned.\n"
"\nExamples:\n"
@@ -839,7 +840,8 @@ UniValue pruneblockchain(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
// Height value more than a billion is too high to be a block height, and
// too low to be a block time (corresponds to timestamp from Sep 2001).
if (heightParam > 1000000000) {
- CBlockIndex* pindex = chainActive.FindEarliestAtLeast(heightParam);
+ // Add a 2 hour buffer to include blocks which might have had old timestamps
+ CBlockIndex* pindex = chainActive.FindEarliestAtLeast(heightParam - 7200);
if (!pindex) {
throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Could not find block with at least the specified timestamp.");
}