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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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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How long to install ubuntu 12.04?
I have started an install of Ubuntu 12.04 partitioned with windows XP home edition and am wondering how long it will take to complete? As I then need to plan whether to get my old laptop out for a bit ...
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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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How do I show date next to time in the panel with gnome-shell?
I would like to show the date in the bar up the top there (next to the time). I can not see any obvious way to enable this.
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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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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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How do I change the timezone to UTC?
I just installed a Ubuntu 11.10 box and I'm trying to figure out how to set the timezone to UTC. I have it set to London at the moment, but UTC doesn't appear to be an option.
Help?
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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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How do you set the timezone for crontab?
I have set up ACPI wakeup so my laptop wakes up at a certain time each morning. The timezone for this is UTC. I want to set up my crontabs also using UTC so they fit with the wakeup alarm.
How do ...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Unable to sync time using `ntpdate`, error: “no server suitable for synchronization found”
My ntp.conf file:
user@pc[0][07:37:40]:/etc$ cat /etc/ntp.conf
idriftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org
server pool.ntp.org
Command ...
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How can I use cron to schedule a script that implements daylight saving on a non- DST aware application when my server automatically uses DST?
My server (running ubuntu 8.04LTS server) reports the time as 9:38PM BST right now. BST (British Summer Time) is 1 hour ahead of UTC (or Greenwich Mean Time if you really want to confuse matters)
The ...
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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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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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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 to change the format of the date & time displayed in top panel?
By default date and time is displayed by the clock applet on the top right of the gnome desktop in Ubuntu. For me this displays something like "Tue Aug 3, 19:45". I would like to change it to make the ...
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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 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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How do I migrate to UTC hardware clock?
I have been using local time hardware clock because of sharing the machine with a Windows system. Now I don't use Windows any actively and would like to set the hardware clock to UTC. How to ...
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How do you get permission to save rcS after setting UTC=no?
I am a first time user of Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot with Windows. Ubuntu is screwing up the Windows clock. I looked this up and found the following lines to use:
gedit ...
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How do I change my timezone to UTC/GMT?
Currently when I execute the date command from bash I get the following displayed
Thu May 17 12:21:00 IST 2012
Below is my timezone config based on executing dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Current ...
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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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Why does time change in Ubuntu after installing Windows
Today I was installing Windows 7 on the same computer I have Ubuntu. For some reason, after installing Windows 7 and going back to Ubuntu the time went from the correct hour at that moment, 12:30PM to ...
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Kubuntu and Windows 7 dual boot, clock time changes automatically
I had windows 7 installed, and I set my PC clock to a specific time. It worked fine but then i also installed Kubuntu (now its a dual boot). Whenever I run Kubuntu my clock changes time by -4 hours ...
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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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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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Timezone appears to be set correctly, but time is 7 hours off
I'm installing ubuntu 12.04. On the time/date settings, I tried to click on Seattle (where I am), but it only registered Vancouver. I modified the ntp config files to use the north american pool, if ...
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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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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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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 ...
