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GuestToo
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078
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Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 01:10 Post subject:
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Quote: | How can this be, please? |
you have your timezone set wrong
it will not work properly if it is set wrong
click Set Time Zone in the Control Panel menu
click the +4 button
edit /etc/TZ and change UTC+4 to EST5EDT
your time zone should be set correctly now
you will probably have to set your time zone to +5 when you go back to Standard Time
it would probably be a good idea to reboot after setting the time zone
after you set the time zone correctly, if the clock is wrong, it's because the clock is set wrong ... set the clock and it should be ok
if you go to: http://andrewu.co.uk/clj/timezone/
it should show you that everything is set properly
the UTC time should be the correct UTC time
you can get the correct UTC time here
(scroll down a bit)
it should also tell you the correct local time in Florida
all the information on the andrewu site should be correct
also, if your time zone is set correctly, you can type
rdate -p time.nist.gov
and it will print the correct time ... if it doesn't, it's because your time zone is wrong
you could put echo EST5EDT > /etc/TZ in rc.local and if Puppy changes TZ behind your back, it will be set to EST5EDT again the next time you boot
i know the Puppy Time Zone Wizard says EST - New York City is -5 ... but it's not ... it's wrong ... see the man pages for hwclock and tzset
Quote: | The offset string ... specifies the time value to be added to the local time to get Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The offset is positive if the local time zone is west of the Prime Meridian and negative if it is east |
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BarryK
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Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 8524 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:03 Post subject:
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Quote: | i have a program that sets the clock automatically from the internet, but it requires that you set the time zone correctly (there is 1 correct setting and 23 wrong time zone settings ... Barry's time zone wizard works fine, it's just that the sign is backwards ... so if your time zone is EST, the offset is +5 not -5, and so on) |
GuestToo,
which one is correct?
Also, see the News page for 23rd September.
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GuestToo
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078
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Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:33 Post subject:
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for Puppy 1.0.5rc, my timezone seems to be correct if /etc/TZ is EST5EDT and /etc/localtime is symlinked to GMT+4
i will probably have to change the timezone to +5 in October
EST5EDT is definitely correct for my timezone
because it's daylight-saving time, it is using the EDT part, so date prints EDT as my timezone ... the letters are not important, the offset number is important ... when it uses EDT it is using an offset of +4 ... in other words, EST5EDT during daylight saving time is the same as UTC+4 ... EST5EDT during standard time is the same as UTC+5 ... the thing about EST5EDT is it should automatically change the time by 1 hour when daylight saving time ends in October
time stuff can get awfully complicated and confusing ... partly because there are so many zones with different (arbitrary and politically created rules)
another thing that is confusing is that the time displayed will change if you change any of the time configurations ... for example, change TZ, the symlink to localtime, the hardware clock setting, the UTC variable, and they will all change the clock display
using UTC=1 is easier ... but if you dual-boot Windows, it wants the hardware clock to be set to local time ... and it will usually automatically reset time that the hardware clock is set to for daylight saving time ... so Linux usually does not try to change the hardware clock setting too, or it would cause problems ... if you dual boot Linux and Windows, then Windows should probably reset the hardware clock for daylight savings ... if you run only Linux, then you will probably need to reset the time zone twice a year
rdate seems to work properly only if you set the timezone correctly ... it's working properly now on my machine with TZ=EST5EDT and localtime symlinked to GMT+4 ... Tor also seems happy ... it prints error messages if your clock is not set properly
one thing that i am certain of ... EST5EDT is the correct TZ for my timezone ... so that makes it easier to get the other setttings right
UTC=1 is a lot easier ... you just set the hardware clock to UTC and set TZ to display the correct local time ... but Windows doesn't like UTC
it's not rocket science, but it's complicated enough ... where's the aspirins?
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dewdrop

Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Texas USA
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Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:49 Post subject:
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Edoc,
I see your post as saying it was posted at
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:12 am Post subject:
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[quote="edoc"] GuestToo wrote: |
I am in EST and I currently see 18:30 in the bottom right corner.
What date and time stamp do you see on my post, please?
Thanks! doc |
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GuestToo
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078
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Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:56 Post subject:
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i think the dates on files are set according the how the kernel clock is configured, which is different from the system clock and from the hardware clock ... apparently, the kernel clock is set by hwclock when it sets the system clock from the hardware clock
all i know, is that some programs are unhappy with the way Puppy's Time Zone wizard sets things, but they seem to be relatively happy if you reverse the sign of the offset ... i've tested it for my time zone and few other time zones i'm familar with and it seems to work ok with all of them
i'm not totally sure how the daylight saving shift works with Puppy ... i think if you use local time, the system is assuming you are dual-booting with Windows and that Windows is going to reset the hardware clock by 1 hour, and behaves accordingly
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GuestToo
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078
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Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 23:04 Post subject:
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as far as the forum goes, i think the forum server's clock is about 20 minutes fast ... the time right now is
UTC - Friday, 23 September 2005, 02:36:14
which is my local time:
EDT - Thursday, 22 September 2005, 22:36:14
(i think the server is set to EDT time too)
that is, about 10:36 pm
by the way, the forum server seems to be in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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BarryK
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Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 8524 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Fri 23 Sep 2005, 05:07 Post subject:
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Quote: | one thing that i am certain of ... EST5EDT is the correct TZ for my timezone ... so that makes it easier to get the other setttings right |
Heh heh, that would place you about a longitude going through Bolivia!
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MU

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 13648 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov 2005, 07:18 Post subject:
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I updated the dotpup.
The cancel-button works now.
Mark
the existing file can be replaced with this code, if you don't want to install the dotpup (this is for Barry for Puppy 1.0.6 mainly):
Code: | #!/bin/sh
# A small script used to set the time under Linux with hwclock...
HWCLOCK=/sbin/hwclock
if [ -f "/usr/sbin/hwclock" ];then
HWCLOCK=/usr/sbin/hwclock
fi
if [ "`whoami`" != "root" ];then
Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "ERROR: You must be root to set the time, exiting..." 0 0
exit 1
fi
# Title to be used for all Xdialog boxes.
TITLE="Set time tool"
# Now check for hwclock existence...
if ! [ -f $HWCLOCK ] ; then
Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "$HWCLOCK not found..." 0 0
exit 0
fi
# Get the date (returned in DD/MM/YYYY format by Xdialog.
ENTEREDDATE=`Xdialog --stdout --title "$TITLE" --calendar "Please set the date..." 0 0 0 0 0`
#xmessage $?
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "Aborted." 0 0
exit 0
fi
# Convert the date to the MM/DD/YYYY format needed by hwclock.
NEWDATE=`echo "$ENTEREDDATE" | awk --source 'BEGIN { FS="/" }' --source '{ print $2 "/" $1 "/" $3 }'`
# Get the time in HH:MM:SS format.
NEWTIME=`Xdialog --stdout --title "$TITLE" --timebox "Please set the time..." 0 0`
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "Aborted." 0 0
exit 0
fi
# Set the hardware clock (RTC) and then the system clock
Xdialog --title "info" --msgbox "Your screen might turn black now for some seconds, just wait..." 0 0
$HWCLOCK --set --date="$NEWDATE $NEWTIME"&&$HWCLOCK --hctosys
THEDATE=`date`
Xdialog --title "info" --msgbox "Finished. Time was set to $THEDATE" 0 0
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wpurcell
Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 15
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 03:53 Post subject:
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Hello! Just installed the program. Works great, thanks very much!
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edoc

Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 4722 Location: Southeast Georgia, USA
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 08:34 Post subject:
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Wow, there's blast from the past!
Into which version of Puppy did you install it, please?
I am observing clock problems 2 years after this thread (in 3.01), so the conflict between the hwclock and the one displayed on the desktop (and the one used by apps like Firefox) remains unresolved - at least unresolved as a default part of the distro.
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MU

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 13648 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 13:26 Post subject:
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edoc,
you might have to set the timezone in the desktop-menu.
On my Puppy, "Berlin" (which should be correct) set a wrong zone, so I use "-1" instead, if I remember well.
That works well then.
Mark
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edoc

Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 4722 Location: Southeast Georgia, USA
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 15:28 Post subject:
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My time zone is fine, I remember that dance from before.
What is happening on two of our three Puppy Linux computers is that the hardware clock must be losing time and dragging the software clock down with it.
I thought Puppy had added an app to the package that automatically sync'd the clocks with a standard.
I am not sure when 3.02 and 4.xx/Dingo will be released but hopefully both will address this.
Meanwhile, is there an app for this for 3.01?
_________________ Thanks! David
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Eyes-Only

Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1046 Location: La Confederation Abenaquaise
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 16:48 Post subject:
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I got so frustrated with this issue, and trying so many variety of "fixes" that didn't work that my final solution to the problem was this:
Seeing that I have 3 hard drive installs and the time all works fine in those between hwclock/swclock I chose my Linux Mint to repair from. So I wiped everything dealing with "time" out of "/etc" and then likewise in "/usr/share/zoneinfo" I believe it was---and then just brought it all over from Linux Mint into my Puppy 3.0.1 frugal install.
(Sidenote: This is NOT a procedure I'd recommend though to anyone else unless they're willing to take the chance of losing data and messing up! Caveat Emptor!)
It's worked a treat and I've never had to fiddle with resetting from the GUIs or anything since. But you can tell I was pretty annoyed if I was willing to risk destroying that fine Pup I'd built up with all of the goodies found here!
Amicalement,
Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"
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edoc

Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 4722 Location: Southeast Georgia, USA
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 17:05 Post subject:
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Perhaps the wonderful Puppy developers will take a look at what you have done and find a long-term solution for this to build into every new release?
_________________ Thanks! David
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ki_harding
Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 4
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Posted: Sat 25 Oct 2008, 13:30 Post subject:
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just download the set time package and it works, great
you will have to download dot pup handler through set up - puppy manager first, then you will be able to install the set time package.
I don't know why my clock changed all of a sudden I've not done anything for it too?
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