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#1 2012-05-21 21:31:51
- lgeek
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Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
I'm having a annoying problem. I'm my /etc/rc.conf is have this config:
LOCALE="pt_PT.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Lisbon"
The problem i'm having is that when I go to gnome-control-center and check the time is says the London, Not Lisbon. And don't know why, when I do "date" in the terminal gives London Time. I have already set Lisbon in gnome-control-center, but each time I close the window, goes back to London.
Lisbon hours are setup in the BIOS...
Last edited by lgeek (2012-05-29 09:09:22)
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#2 2012-05-21 21:43:28
- Gcool
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#3 2012-05-21 22:09:08
- Inxsible
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Re: Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
please search forums before posting.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#4 2012-05-21 22:20:07
- lgeek
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Re: Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
The problem is even if I set it to UTC sets me back to WEST.
I tried also tzselect, but the problem is that doesn't apply on gnome/fluxbox. Only after i login and get into bash, that the time is right. But after startx, 1 hour in advance...
The problem could also be that it thinks that is the Summer Time
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#5 2012-05-21 23:58:40
- lgeek
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Re: Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
The output of the command "date" on my notebok is "Ter Mai 22 00:36:23 WEST 2012", but on my desktop is "Ter Mai 22 01:55:39 BST 2012".
I don't understand why is different. WEST and BST
NOTE: /etc/rc.conf is equal in my desktop and notebook
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#6 2012-05-22 00:31:28
- archel
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Re: Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
Gcool already gave you the correct topic.
You must use the new date dbus api from systemd
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#7 2012-05-25 10:00:29
- lgeek
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Re: Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
There isn't another solution without installing anything new?
Systemd, quite a work to configure...
By the way, thanks for the feedback
Note: I tried hwclock --systz but, doesn't work...
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#8 2012-05-25 11:11:40
- lgeek
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Re: Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
Can some one explain me why this appends? Wrong time, suddenly...
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#9 2012-05-25 14:49:53
- Inxsible
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Re: Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
Read this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Time
especially the Time Skew piece. Use a daemon like ntpd and you won't have to worry about time no more. Don't know what Gnome requires or not, haven't used it in a long long long time.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#10 2012-05-29 09:09:05
- lgeek
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Re: Problem with System Time/TimeZone [SOLVED]
Solved. Thanks for ALL the feedback.
I did ntpd -qg and hwclock -w.
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