[MCL-3746] Unable to download Minecraft. Please try again later.

What I expected to happen
When I start up the launcher, it was going to open up and I could start playing.

What actually happened
When I started up the launcher, a window popped up stating; "Unable to download Minecraft. Please try again later."

Steps to reproduce
1. Go to minecraft.net and download minecraft.msi or minecraft.exe
2.open the MinecraftInstaller on minecraft.exe, finish the setup wizard if you have the MincraftInstaller
3. Open the launcher up
4. a window should pop up say "Unable to download Minecraft. Please try again later"

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kumasasa 2015-07-07T18:18:56Z

Please try the steps

change computer date to 1st July
launch 'minecraft.exe' and it should now download runtime
launch game from the launcher. Minecraft game should now launch.
quit and exit game
change the date to the correct date (today)
now launch minecraft.exe again and the game should now work correctly

described here https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/3cfezj/launcher_download_ssl_cert_invalid/csv0we9/launcher_download_ssl_cert_invalid/

kumasasa 2015-07-07T20:27:43Z

Please retry, the certificate issue should be fixed now.

Kimberly Wallencheck 2015-07-08T06:26:31Z

I am having the same issue and changing the date now makes it impossible to even load the launcher

Kimberly Wallencheck 2015-07-08T06:38:40Z

I corrected the date and did a new download after deleting all Minecraft files, after download I changed the date to July 1 then opened launcher and NO GAME

Deleted account 2015-07-10T22:55:44Z

The issue was fixed shortly before you posted that comment.
Please try changing your time back to the correct time.

Killer_Slender 2016-11-09T01:06:26Z

I'm having this error as well.. I don't think it was fixed.

user-f2760 2017-02-14T15:44:47Z

Ticket resolved as incomplete, because no answer in a reasonable amount of time (1+ year), if it still happens, please update the ticket.