its weird because it has been working for the longest time and i never changed any settings in my phone and now when i try using opera it says

"Failed to connect to the internet
Verification of server certificate failed. Please check the date setting in your device."

both opera mini 4
and 3 say that same msg
any idea why?

Make sure the date of your BB's clock did not reset to something weird like 1969.

nope the info is all correct

Welcome to the forums.

Try changing the protocol it is using under Settings.