[mythtv-users] How to set time zone

[Bob Sully]

On 2/10/25 04:00, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 9:33?AM Stephen Worthington <
> stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
> Before you do any changes, please post the output of
> $ timedatectl in the terminal.
>
> Mine looks like this:
> $ timedatectl
>                 Local time: Mo 2025-02-10 12:36:11 CET
>             Universal time: Mo 2025-02-10 11:36:11 UTC
>                   RTC time: Mo 2025-02-10 11:36:11
>                  Time zone: Europe/Vienna (CET, +0100)
> System clock synchronized: yes
>                NTP service: active
>            RTC in local TZ: no
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Thanks.  For what it's worth, I've always had the hardware clock set to 
UTC on this machine but have never had a problem in the past with any 
app converting it to Pacific time, MythTV included. This is the first 
time I've seen this.



Anyway, as requested:



[rcs at vader: ~]$ timedatectl
                Local time: Mon 2025-02-10 09:21:22 PST
            Universal time: Mon 2025-02-10 17:21:22 UTC
                  RTC time: Mon 2025-02-10 17:21:22
                 Time zone: America/Los_Angeles (PST, -0800)
System clock synchronized: yes
               NTP service: n/a
           RTC in local TZ: no


[rcs at vader: ~]$ date
Mon Feb 10 09:34:10 AM PST 2025

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