Clock is 5 hours off

[scientist]

Puppy is showing a time 5 hours less than my actual time.

[shadow of viper`]

Hi scientist,

have you checked your timezone settings?

[scientist]

Yes, they are correct.

[shadow of viper`]

okay, without more information this is only going to be a guesswork

1. Did you try manually correcting the time? Is the changed time retained after reboot?
2. Do you use multiple operating systems on the same machine - especially windows?

The OS usually needs to be told the correct time (manually or via a program), it also needs to be told how the hardware clock is to be interpreted

If i remember correctly, windows uses local time by default and most linux distributions use UTC

I had this issue on my dual booting netbook, switching between the operating systems would always mess with the time

resolved it by setting the puppy linux clock to local time and not UTC

I am not on a puppy machine at the moment and cannot confirm the settings

[bigpup]

After setting time zone.
I use localtime with no problem.

The physical internal clock in the computer does have to be working correctly.

You can always use the sync option, in Pupclockset, to sync to the internet broadcast time.
It will adjust time to the time zone you have selected.

[Sailor Enceladus]

scientist, did you try a new puppy or OS lately? Or remember running any specific programs when you noticed the time change?

[scientist]

scientist, did you try a new puppy or OS lately? Or remember running any specific programs when you noticed the time change?

My main O.S. is Ubuntu.

[Terry H]

Is the time zone you are in UTC -5 hours?

[Peterm321]

Sometimes there can be an issue with the hardware clock with respect to the system clock. This can be checked at a command prompt with the hwclock command:

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hwclock

If the system time is not correct but the hardware clock is, then

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hwclock --hctosys

Sets the system clock from the hardware clock.

Alternatively

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hwclock --systohc

Sets the hardware clock from the system clock.

[Dry Falls]

In the last year or 2, the mysterious "they" moved Greenwich Mean Time from Greenwich, England to New York (closer to Wall Street).