I understand hating time traveling: I normally don't do it. But when I lost my town data, what was most upsetting about losing the town was the fact that I had successfully caught all the catch-able fish/ bugs and seafood.
So I set the date back to January 31st and played from that date forward for about 3 weeks.
Then I set the clock back forward to the current date.
I don't see how doing so makes my information unreliable. What possible reason would I have to lie/ deceive?