[mythtv-users] How to set time zone

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 9 Feb 2025 22:29:59 -0800, you wrote:

>Hi all -
>
>
>I've had problems recently getting shows to record; most recordings 
>fail.  This has started since the new web interface became the default 
>(mythweb being deprecated).  I don't record a lot of shows anymore; the 
>last successful one was was about 5-6 weeks ago; I had scheduled that 
>one through the old Mythweb.
>
>I have noticed that it now seems to be set on UTC; I'm in the western US 
>in the Pacific (UTC -8:00 at the moment) zone.   When I select a show 
>for recording, the "Upcoming recordings" tab shows the start time as 
>eight hours later than the show's actual start time here.
>
>I've never had this issue before (and I've been running MythTV for many 
>years).  The last few recordings I have tried failed (the capture device 
>(HDPVR) doesn't fire up (and yes, I've made sure to power-cycle it 
>beforehand, and it does show up in the backend-status list)) .  
>Wondering if this time zone issue is the cause?
>
>
>I'm running 34-fixes on Xubuntu 22.04.  Please advise - thanks!

From a command line run date:

root at mypvr:/etc# date
Mon 10 Feb 2025 21:26:54 NZDT

At the end of the output the current timezone is displayed.  In my
case, NZDT = New Zealand Daylight saving Time.  If your timezone is
wrong, change it to PST.

From the XFCE System Menu, find the Time and Date program.  From that,
you should be able to use the Unlock button at the bottom, and then
set the timezone at the top.  Then reboot.

Or from the command line, use "sudo settimedatectl set-timezone PST",
and reboot.  I have never used this method, but the Internet says it
should work.