Various Versions of macOS/OSX will fail on install for various reasons.
You can fix them by disconnecting from your wifi or network or resetting
your NVRAM. Booting from your USB stick, opening terminal and doing:
date ##########
where the # nubers are below. Format is: MMDDhhmmYY
10.16 - 0.5 Leopard - date 0101010121 <- Currently not needed
10.15 - Catalina - date 0101010120 <- Currently not needed
10.14 - Mojave - date 0101010119 <- Currently not needed
10.13 - High Sierra - date 0101010118
10.12 - Sierra - date 0101010117