Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 question

Yes, it's ancient.. 2.3.5. I got it working again but it wouldn't charge. Plugging it in would turn it on automatically but then that's it. Changing it to the correct time and date suddenly made it start charging like normal. I don't recall that being a thing, is it just an oddity or am I forgetting something that was common?

For those curious what I'm going to do with it, I have no Idea. I rooted it long ago but it's so out of date now I'm not sure what it even could be used for practically beyond as a glorified mp3 player.