Setting the clock to local time, not UTC

**pwabrahams** · 26-Feb-2013, 20:53

I've been trying to set my clock to display local (New York) time, but it insists on displaying UTC, which is 4 hours earlier. I actually did get the problem corrected at one point, but the clock eventually reverted to UTC again. How can I get it to stick with local time? (I'm running Windows in another partition, so whatever I do should be able to survive a system switch.)

**malcolmlewis** · 26-Feb-2013, 22:04

On Wed 27 Feb 2013 03:56:01 AM CST, pwabrahams wrote:

I've been trying to set my clock to display local (New York) time, but
it insists on displaying UTC, which is 4 hours earlier. I actually did
get the problem corrected at one point, but the clock eventually
reverted to UTC again. How can I get it to stick with local time?
(I'm running Windows in another partition, so whatever I do should be
able to survive a system switch.)

Hi
You can uncheck the box via YaST -> System -> Date/Time

I set my BIOS clock to UTC, you can use the command;

Code:

date --utc

There is a registry tweak for windows which I used to set the time to
UTC;

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]
"RealTimeIsUniversal"=dword:00000001

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**silversuds** · 27-Feb-2013, 00:10

also, it looks like you can configure network time by clicking change and selecting synchronize with ntp server (with ntp enabled as daemon and utc enabled i believe the computer will keep hardware time correct unless i'm mistaken)

**arvidjaar** · 27-Feb-2013, 00:24

Originally Posted by pwabrahams

it insists on displaying UTC

What is "it" you are talking about? Computer clock itself does not display anything. You should be using some program to display time. So tell which program you use, how you invoke it and its output. Or better copy and paste all of this.

**hcvv** · 27-Feb-2013, 02:35

There is some article about this by jmcdaniels, but I can not find it

IIRC there is a bug in the setting of the hardware clock to UTC/local time. It does not stick.
I will try to find the article.

And indeed, when you multiboot with a Windows system, you should set that setting to "local" (allthough it seems to be possible to cure newer Windows verions into using UTC from the hardweare clock).

**robin_listas** · 27-Feb-2013, 05:13

On 2013-02-27 10:36, hcvv wrote:
>
> There is some article about this by jmcdaniels, but I can not find it

> IIRC there is a bug in the setting of the hardware clock to UTC/local
> time. It does not stick.
> I will try to find the article.

What is UTC or GMT Time & a possible issue with openSUSE 12.2 and its
solution.

SDB:Configuring the clock

> And indeed, when you multiboot with a Windows system, you should set
> that setting to "local" (allthough it seems to be possible to cure newer
> Windows verions into using UTC from the hardweare clock).

Yes, with W7. I recommend that method.

To the OP: report the time you get with these two commands:

Code:

date
hwclock --debug

Paste that here inside code tags. Advanced editor, '#' button.
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If the time shown by those commands is correct, your system is correct,
don't touch it. The problem is with KDE or whatever you use.

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**hcvv** · 27-Feb-2013, 05:41

Take a look at this one: https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jd...-solution-116/
Maybe it helps.

**robin_listas** · 27-Feb-2013, 06:29

On 2013-02-27 13:46, hcvv wrote:
>
> Take a look at this one: http://tinyurl.com/crw99kg
> Maybe it helps.

That's the one I posted ;-)

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**hcvv** · 27-Feb-2013, 07:01

Originally Posted by robin_listas

On 2013-02-27 13:46, hcvv wrote:
>
> Take a look at this one: What is UTC or GMT Time & a possible issue with openSUSE 12.2 and its solution. - Blogs - openSUSE Forums
> Maybe it helps.

That's the one I posted ;-)

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I searched for it all the time and when I found it I posted it without looking further. But I admit you were first.

BTW I can not find any Search functionality in the Articles section