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LadyBoyThug

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Registered: 2024-08-06

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[SOLVED] UTC is 12 hours ahead?

To preface, this is my first Linux distro so rooting around in the command prompt is still a little new to me.

I use KDE as my desktop environment, and today I noticed that my clock was reading 2:30 AM instead of PM, which would have been the correct time.
I tried to use the interface given by KDE to see if I could change anything but nothing would allow me to sync my clock and it be the correct time. That's when I discovered that KDE only syncs from your system clock, which is controlled by

timedatectl

and

systemd-timesyncd.service

. This is my normal output for

$ timedatectl status

Local time: Wed 2024-08-07 08:08:26 CDT
           Universal time: Wed 2024-08-07 13:08:26 UTC
           RTC time: Wed 2024-08-07 13:08:26
           Time zone: America/Chicago (CDT, -0500)
           System clock synchronized: no
           NTP service: inactive
           RTC in local TZ: no

according to most sources, at the time of documentation it is actually 01:00:00 UTC, therefore my clock is 12 hours ahead of the actual time. Is there any way to fix this?

Last edited by LadyBoyThug (2024-08-07 05:19:49)

ajgringo619

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Registered: 2023-05-06

Posts: 47

Re: [SOLVED] UTC is 12 hours ahead?

Is the systemd-timesyncd service running? My last (3) lines of timedatectl status are:

System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: [SOLVED] UTC is 12 hours ahead?

Is there any way to fix this?

timedatectl set-ntp on

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LadyBoyThug

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Registered: 2024-08-06

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Re: [SOLVED] UTC is 12 hours ahead?

This is the solution. Thanks a ton!