Arch Linux: time zone problem

[endoplasmic reticulum]

I have Arch Linux on my laptop. It's great, I love it, it works well with KDE.

 

There is one problem though: the time is always wrong! I can change it to normal if I log in to root and change the time zone to what its supposed to be, -8:00GMT Pacific US/Canada. I then log out of root, and into my main account. Now, the time is correct. When I reboot, however, it resets to whatever it was before I changed it. I checked the BIOS settings, and Windows 7 has no time problems. The problem seems to be with Arch not remembering what time zone I set.

[ken_cinder]

Check /etc/rc.conf for the variable HARDWARECLOCK and see if it's set to "local".

 

If it is change it to "localtime" and see if that fixes your problem.

 

Not sure why it would switch the timezone, but it may have something to do with that variable not allowing your settings to stay put.

[endoplasmic reticulum]

wow, its a pain to log in with such a long username.

 

anyway, i got it sorted out. i had to set the hardware clock from the terminal. FINALLY.

[Weirdy]

An ntp daemon would've done it for you too.

[teresap989]

Check /etc/rc.conf for the variable HARDWARECLOCK and see if it's set to "local".

 

If it is change it to "localtime" and see if that fixes your problem.

 

Not sure why it would switch the timezone, but it may have something to do with that variable not allowing your settings to stay put.

Thanks you for the post.

 

 

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