Fedora 15 date & time issue.

vermissa · #1 26th May 2011, 06:17 PM

I upgraded from fedora 14 to fedora 15 yesterday. I live in India (IST) which is GMT +05:30 . Every time I boot, my system clock increases its time by 5 and a half hours. For example, system clock on my machine is now Wednesday May 26,2011 22:44. If i were to reboot now, the time I would get is Thursday May 27, 2011 04:14. How do I correct this? Thanks in advance.

**AdamW** · #2 27th May 2011, 07:31 AM

try running system-config-date, going to the Time Zone tab, and flipping the state of the 'System clock uses UTC' checkbox (whatever it is now, make it the opposite). does that help?

vermissa · #3 28th May 2011, 06:29 PM

That worked beautifully . Thanks .

.

**AdamW** · #4 30th May 2011, 07:36 PM

excellent! glad I could help

tsangcn · #5 31st May 2011, 02:12 AM

I got the same problem after upgrade to fedora 15.

I have found that fedora 15 ALWAYS treats BIOS clock as UTC no matter you have checked "System clock uses UTC" or not in system-config-date. That means fedora 15 NEVER treats BIOS clock as LOCAL.

Is this a bug?

**AdamW** · #6 31st May 2011, 04:14 AM

i'm not sure I entirely understand - if that's the case, how did changing that setting solve the problem for the other poster?

vinaysingh · #7 31st May 2011, 04:18 AM

Is Windows also installed on the concerned computer?

tsangcn · #8 31st May 2011, 05:32 AM

The other poster solved the problem because he has not mentioned what is the setting of "System clock uses UTC".
A problem is a problem, it does not matter whether there is Windows installed.

I have try the following
1. check "System clock uses UTC" - the date and time is OK.
2. uncheck "System clock uses UTC" - the date and time is incorrect, fedora 15 seems just ignored the setting, it is still "think" that the "System clock uses UTC" is checked.

I do not have another computer to test whether this problem exists in every fedora 15 installed machine or just in my machine.

bastian_knight · #9 31st May 2011, 06:18 AM

I have the same problem. I have filled a bug for this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709211

#10 31st May 2011, 06:30 AM

During install, untick use UTC time Zone i always do and works fine

overtime · #11 1st June 2011, 10:51 PM

Gets UK time wrong. Hardly a cutting edge distro if if can't get the time right without ad hoc fixes.

bastian_knight · #12 2nd June 2011, 06:56 AM

You can correct the problem by invoking as root:

Code:

systemctl enable hwclock-load.service

After that set clock to correct time and reboot.

christianvl · #13 3rd June 2011, 01:20 AM

This

Code:

systemctl enable hwclock-load.service

or changing time settings to "network"

Problem remains...

EDIT
after rebooting, the system corrected my time according to the "network" setting.

ravindrapankaj · #14 3rd June 2011, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vinaysingh

Is Windows also installed on the concerned computer?

yes I have windows as well and facing the same problem.

daff42 · #15 4th June 2011, 12:14 PM

FYI, I had the same issue after upgrading from FC14 to FC15. My hardware clock was read as UTC upon boot although it was local time, setting system time off by a few hours.

I ran:

Code:

systemctl enable hwclock-load.service

Then corrected the system time and rebooted.

That fixed it for me. Thanks !!