Desktop clock not synced with system clock
Hello.
I'm having problems syncing my system clock with the clock displayed on the desktop on a gnome (2.18.3) & debian etch system. For reference, I'm running ntp in the background, and I'm located in New York (UTC -4). When I bring up a terminal and type 'date', it responds with the proper time: Thu Aug 16 16:03:06 EDT 2007 However, the clock program sitting on the upper right corner of my desktop that comes with gnome displays the incorrect time. It shows: Thu Aug 16 20:03 So, I right click on the desktop clock and select "Adjust Date & Time". This brings up a window that allows me to change the current time and time zone information. It shows that the time zone is set to America/New York, as it should be. It also shows that the time is set to 16:03!?! I'm quite confused. The only place that is misdisplaying the time is the desktop, and when I go to adjust it, it gives me the correct time. For whatever reason, it seems to be displaying the UTC, as opposed to EDT, which is what I'm telling it to display. When I right click on the desktop time, and go to preferences, there is a checkbox for "Use UTC". It doesn't matter if it is checked or unchecked, it always displays the UTC time in the window, 4 hours ahead of the local time. What do you guys think? Everything seems to be working ok, except for this gnome clock app displaying UTC time instead of the real time. I cannot imagine that I'm the only person to experience this problem. Any ideas? Thank you in advance! |
Try this:
Open up a terminal. cd to /etc/default type nano rcS see if UTC = yes if so, then change it to no Let me know how that works out. |
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I discovered the error, at least, I think I have. As I was running apt-get upgrade today, I looked up and my clock was mysteriously working again!!!
I checked, and sure enough, among the packages upgraded was tzdata: Code:
(Reading database ... 119324 files and directories currently installed.) |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:19 PM. |