Questions relating to time and timezones.
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How to make Ubuntu show date AND time on Files screen?
Ubuntu 12.04 used to show date and time of files in directory in Files. With 13.04, only date is shown (for files created before the current date).
How can I make date and time to show in Files on ...
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setting time from ext4 superblock in embedded system
In an embedded system it seems the battery is not present/working, so I need to get around the 'Superblock last write time is in the future' warning.
The time of the system will be set back many ...
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What units does the ntp drift file use?
When the ntpd daemon is running, the file: /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift gets updated periodically. Example:
17:20 hostname 118 ~> ls -l /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
-rw-r--r-- 1 ntp ntp 7 May 20 16:46 ...
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Time changes when rebooting kubuntu
I have installed a dual boot system with windows 7 and kubuntu but every time i reboot my system; time changes in my kubuntu. Initially frequency of time changing was less but now its changing every ...
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ntpd vs ntpdate: pros and cons
In order to keep the time accurate on a Ubuntu system one can either:
Run the ntpd (network time protocol daemon) which will run all the time and continuously adjust the system time when clocks ...
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UTC Clock is not working
I read several forums, questions and still have no solution.
I modified the /etc/default/rcS UTC=yes / UTC=no with no results.
Checked too ...
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switch off/suspend time log
How do I find out when my computer went to sleep the last time? Like I woke up now and don't remember when the party finished and music stopped playing yesterday. Is there a log file for that? Issuing ...
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system clock is 5.5 ahead although ntp
time zone here is Asia/Tehran,
but the ubuntu time is 5H30M ahead of local time.
I've checked configs and even installed ntp server, nothing seem to fix this,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Current ...
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Installing Ubuntu, on a Windows 8 laptop, without a CD. Can it be done? And what is the normal time for download? [duplicate]
I have a Aspire laptop, Windows 8 pre-installed with 8 GB of ram. I have tried to download via thumb drive but it won't download. So I wanted to know there were any other ways to download it without a ...
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C Time.h functions erratic on Precise 12.04
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and using the gcc compiler to compile my C/C++ programs. I want to benchmark a function. AFAIK, there are two standard functions to calculate time on POSIX systems and both ...
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Strange issue in Ubuntu 12.04 where the system clock keeps increasing by one hour every other minute
I have a Parallels Virtual Machine that runs Ubuntu 12.04, and I just noticing this strange behavior out of nowhere.
My Ubuntu system time just keeps increasing by one hour automatically every other ...
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How do I set the time?
System Settings -> Date and Time. This dialog allows to set time zone and date, but doesn't allow to set the time. How can I change the time?
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Time in gtalk and facebook chat is wrong
I messed with some time zone settings while installing Redis yesterday following this tutorial:
http://www.codingsteps.com/install-redis-2-6-on-ubuntu/
(at least I think this is when the problem ...
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Is there anything like Nanny that's still being developed?
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for my kids to use. I am concerned about how long they use the PC each day.
Is anyone aware of any parental time-limit apps, like Gnome Nanny or timekpr, that are ...
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Refresh Unity UI Time By Command Line
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 desktop virtual machine ran by VMWare and having some issue with the GUI clock/time what ever it is called. The thing in the right corner showing the time.
When I put the laptop ...
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Installing Roundcube Web Server, gave date and time error while checking PHP configuration
Installing Roundcube Web Server, gave date and time error while checking PHP configuration. I am trying to configure the webamil using roundcube. Below is the details.
pop / smtp service is working ...
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kern.log reports times in UTC instead of local time zone
I attempted to set my local timezone to America/New_York by doing (as root):
# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
# echo "America/New_York" > /etc/timezone
# dpkg-reconfigure ...
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How to force a clock update using ntp?
I am running Ubuntu on an ARM based embedded system that lacks a battery backed RTC. The wake-up time is somewhere during 1970. Thus, I use the NTP service to update the time to the current time.
I ...
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BIOS time is incorrect
OK here's a weird question.
I have like, 7 year old hardware. I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed. If I ever have a need to go into the BIOS, it's showing the time incorrect - I think it's showing it in ...
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Xubuntu 12.04: wrong time; change system language
I have recently installed Xubuntu 12.04 on my rather old computer. Most of the things are fine but I have a couple of problems.
During the installation I was asked to choose a language and I chose ...
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How do I set my clock in Windows to UTC / localtime?
I have a dual boot and a I configured windows to use UTC with a registry fix as explained in here: Ubuntu 12.04 clocktime is off by 4 hours
Now, I need to come back to localtime again, and I have no ...
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Real time vs. process time
When using the time command to measure time of different executions of a process (under different hardware circumstances), I came across a phenomenon that I don't understand.
The real time of the 1st ...
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For some reason I want to set the system date to earlier month but I am unable to set it
For some reason I want to set the system date to earlier month in my ubuntu 12.04 machine? But I am unable to set it. When I tried to change the system time to earlier month or year getting back to ...
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Date and time format
How to echo date and time like this [day-month-year/hour-minutes-seconds] including "[" and "/". I also need to redirect it in a file. Thanks
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How to change system time or force a time sync
My laptop is probably running out of CMOS battery, I know I have to fix it soon, but until then, this very annoying issue keeps me from using it.
Scenario: My system clock is reset to 15/12/08 11:00 ...
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how much time does it take to download wine 1.4 or wine 1.5 [closed]
I am trying to install wine on ubuntu. How much time does it take. it's allready running 2 days and seems not finished or advanced yet. What to do? Thanks for your help.
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Unity Clock Missing
I recently installed ubuntu 12.10 and it seems as though my clock is missing. I also don't see any options for date/time in the system settings panel.
Am I missing something? Again this is with ...
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Battery icon constantly empty when discharging Vaio VGN-FZ210CE
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-210CE laptop, and its battery does not report the drain rate properly. In 11.10 and earlier, the battery icon would update with the percentage, not the estimated time. In 12.04 ...
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Unable to add another time zone in clock
I am unable to add another time zone in the clock.
Currently i am in India and also want to add Sydney in the clock but when i try to add locations from the Choose locations tab, it doesn't ...
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What is the package and background process for “network time”?
What is the background process of "network time" in gnome control center (gnome system settings)? Is there a package providing this feature?
I've noticed that neither ntp nor openntpd are installed ...
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How to fix wrong system time and date?
I just ran a clean install of 12.10 on my sys76 laptop.
Time and date reads: 19:36 31 december 1969, even though it is: 13:29 07 november 2012.
I have it set for my location and it won't change ...
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How to change Thunderbird's display time to 24h format?
Currently Thunderbird displays time in AM/PM mode.
How can I change it to 24h mode?
UPDATE 1:
$ locale |grep LC_TIME
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
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How can I automatically time commands in bash?
In tcsh, there's the variable time:
The time shell variable can be set to execute the time builtin command
after the completion of any process that takes more than a given number
of CPU ...
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How can I set the date format to my country setting?
I am German, but I use only English software. Hence, I am also using English Ubuntu. It's not because I don't know how to install German Ubuntu. It's because I prefer to work with English software ...
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Clock is one hour too fast, how do I fix it?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04. I am in Europe/Dublin timezone. My clock is one hour fast. I'm getting time off the Internet. Here is the output from dpkg-reconfigure tzdata at 15:41.
Current default ...
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Change boot background image using Plymouth based on a System time
Anyone knows how to check system time in plymouth script?
what I am trying to achieve is to have boot background image change by system time.
For example, when its past 5 PM and a user boots Ubuntu, ...
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How to display correct time in persistent live USB
It seems that while booting in persistent live USB, the wrong time (GMT / UTC instead of local) is displayed (at least that's what happens in Lubuntu 12.10).
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Xen keeps making the time wrong on a Windows guest
Just upgraded our Ubuntu Server to 12.04.1 LTS. It runs a Xen VM, which is Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.
We are using the xl toolchain for Xen.
We are in the UK, which is currently GMT+1 (BST).
The ...
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Why does running `time` and `/usr/bin/time` give different results?
Why does running time and /usr/bin/time give different results?
/usr/bin/time
thomas@tbdesktop:~$ /usr/bin/time -f "Elapsed time:%E" wc /etc/hosts
9 25 224 /etc/hosts
Elapsed time:0:00.04
time
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Keeping timestamp when syncing with UbuntuOne
I would like to keep the original time stamp of a file when synchronizing with Ubuntu-one. Now Ubuntu one is messing with my time stamps, and I don't longer know when I last worked on the file. ...
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Manipulate strftime like date [closed]
In vim, strftime("%F") will generate current time in the specified format.
Is there any way I can specify, say, same time tomorrow in strftime? I tried strftime("%F", "date -d 'tomorrow'"). But that ...
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How to stop automatic time update?
I want to know is there any way to stop automatic time update permanently in Ubuntu 12.04 .
Thank you
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hwclock, not in sync with system clock
My hardware clock keeps going out of sync. I set it to system time a few times, but it keeps going back to the 5hrs ahead state.
Is this normal? Could it make trouble? How come my system clock is ...
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Clock time is off by 4 hours
Dual boot system Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu 12.04.
I have the bios set for the correct time and Ubuntu set for US Eastern time. Ubuntu will boot up and the time will be off by -4 hours. If I correct ...
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Time differences between windows and ubuntu partition?
I'm running a tri-boot setup with Windows 7, ubuntu 12.04, and Backtrack 5 all running on separate partitions. When ever I boot into windows after linux the time is all messed up and I have to ...
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How can I prevent the time change that happens after using the root shell in recovery mode?
I frequently make backups of my home folder by using the root shell in Ubuntu's recovery mode.
However, after doing this, the time has changed a couple of hours, both on Ubuntu and Windows. It happens ...
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How do I add a GtkCalendar widget to an application indicator via Python?
I wanted to create a more capable date-time application indicator via Python for the Unity-Desktop and therefore wanted to add a GtkCalender widget, but only found sources regarding regular menu ...
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Stop Time Sync Between Host and Guest - VirtualBox
So I've been googling and I've tried the following commands. I want to stop the virtual machine from having the correct time and just to stick with what time it last recorded. The host operating ...
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Datetime indicator shows times for unrequested locations
I am from India , so I have added my time locations in time settings .
I have added only one location, but the indicator is showing other locations which I have not added to list. (See the ...
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Custom Locale Settings [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change the en_AU locale to 12 hour format?
How can locale settings be changed within Ubuntu, en_AU is set to 24 hour time, despite 12 hour time being common in ...
