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Problem with timezone

Asked by Adam Klobukowski

I run daily updated Hardy Heron.

My timezone is Europe/Warsaw. This is set in /etc/timezone. Unfortunately, some time ago /etc/localtime changed to reflect Europe/Kaliningrad timezone pushing my clock one hour into the future. I manually changed /etc/localtime back to Europe/Warsaw one, but after reboot it again was Europe/Kaliningrad.

Moreover, I can't change timezone using time-admin, because 'unlock' does not work for me there (hmm, but in policykit?).

How can I change my timezone settings to stick with correct one (Europe/Warsaw iny my case)?

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Max Schukin (schukin) said : 		#1

Hi Adam,

Try to change your timezone using the command line:
1. Open a terminal window by going to Applications => Accessories => Terminal
2. dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
3. Follow the directions in the terminal.

Hope this helps.

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Max Schukin (schukin) said : 		#2

Run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" in terminal, not "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata".

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Adam Klobukowski (adamklobukowski) said : 		#3

reconfiguring tzdata didn't help - after reboot I have Eurpe/Kaliningrad timezone :(

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Wim (launchpad-xs4all) said : 		#4

Adam,

press <Esc> at the grub-menu (boot time)
boot in Recovery mode
there start the command
  dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
set it to Eur/Warsaw; check for errors with the command
   dmesg | tail
read whether there are any errors in the time system; and start on with command
  init 3
which will boot X-windows; log in
and look what timezone you are in now.

Reboot and check the timezone again.

At what point the timezone is wrong again?
Or does it stay good now?

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