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edu66edu

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Registered: 2017-06-28

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[SOLVED] Problem with tor browser (and system date) [SOLVED]

Right now is 1:31 PM here where I live, and date/hwclock -show says the same, but tor browser assumes that my system clock is 2 hours late, and I can't connect to tor, but it isn't. Does anyone know what I did wrong?

Last edited by edu66edu (2017-11-11 15:48:43)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with tor browser (and system date) [SOLVED]

What is the output of `timedatectl`?

edu66edu

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with tor browser (and system date) [SOLVED]

What is the output of `timedatectl`?

[akko@archlinux ~]$ timedatectl
                      Local time: Sat 2017-11-11 13:32:20 UTC
                  Universal time: Sat 2017-11-11 13:32:20 UTC
                        RTC time: Sat 2017-11-11 13:32:20
                       Time zone: n/a (UTC, +0000)
       System clock synchronized: no
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
                 RTC in local TZ: yes

Warning: The system is configured to read the RTC time in the local time zone.
         This mode can not be fully supported. It will create various problems
         with time zone changes and daylight saving time adjustments. The RTC
         time is never updated, it relies on external facilities to maintain it.
         If at all possible, use RTC in UTC by calling
         'timedatectl set-local-rtc 0'.

thanks for answering quickly tho

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with tor browser (and system date) [SOLVED]

So there's your problem, instead of setting the RTC and timezone correctly, you've just set the RTC to your localtime and not set the timezone at all. Go back to the time setup part of the installation guide.

edu66edu

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with tor browser (and system date) [SOLVED]

So there's your problem, instead of setting the RTC and timezone correctly, you've just set the RTC to your localtime and not set the timezone at all. Go back to the time setup part of the installation guide.

Thank you! I messed it up when I was installing the system

For those who are with the same issue, here's how I fixed it:

sudo timedatectl set-ntp true
sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Sao_Paulo /etc/localtime
sudo hwclock --systohc
sudo locale-gen

Just change /America/Sao_Paulo to your current location!

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