18.04 not showing correct time (not a dual boot issue)
I realize that this is a common issue, but I can't find the fix to my problem.
Live in "America/Chicago (CST, -0600)" but ubuntu is showing UTC time.
It is 4pm local time here:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
So TimeDateCtl knows local time, but the Date command is showing me UTC
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
I have made sure that the BIOS time is UTC, and my service is started up, just wrong.
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-11-22 22:07:07 Chicago; 9min ago
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 1360 (systemd-timesyn)
Status: "Synchronized to time server 91.189.89.199:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com)."
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
└─1360 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
What else do I try? I set it to local time and back, I've restarted every service I can find.
Edit, I don't see a problem here either:
sudo hwclock --debug
hwclock from util-linux 2.31.1
System Time: 1542925579.769423
Trying to open: /dev/rtc0
Using the rtc interface to the clock.
Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time.
Waiting for clock tick...
...got clock tick
Time read from Hardware Clock: 2018/11/22 22:26:20
Hw clock time : 2018/11/22 22:26:20 = 1542925580 seconds since 1969
Time since last adjustment is 1542925580 seconds
Calculated Hardware Clock drift is 0.000000 seconds
2018-11-22 22:26:19.764979+0000
18.04 time
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I realize that this is a common issue, but I can't find the fix to my problem.
Live in "America/Chicago (CST, -0600)" but ubuntu is showing UTC time.
It is 4pm local time here:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
So TimeDateCtl knows local time, but the Date command is showing me UTC
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
I have made sure that the BIOS time is UTC, and my service is started up, just wrong.
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-11-22 22:07:07 Chicago; 9min ago
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 1360 (systemd-timesyn)
Status: "Synchronized to time server 91.189.89.199:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com)."
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
└─1360 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
What else do I try? I set it to local time and back, I've restarted every service I can find.
Edit, I don't see a problem here either:
sudo hwclock --debug
hwclock from util-linux 2.31.1
System Time: 1542925579.769423
Trying to open: /dev/rtc0
Using the rtc interface to the clock.
Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time.
Waiting for clock tick...
...got clock tick
Time read from Hardware Clock: 2018/11/22 22:26:20
Hw clock time : 2018/11/22 22:26:20 = 1542925580 seconds since 1969
Time since last adjustment is 1542925580 seconds
Calculated Hardware Clock drift is 0.000000 seconds
2018-11-22 22:26:19.764979+0000
18.04 time
asked Nov 22 '18 at 22:18
Chris948Chris948
133
Do you have theTZenvironment variable set? Check the output ofecho $TZ. That variable would override the timezonedateshows, but not whattimedatectlreports.
– Byte Commander
Nov 22 '18 at 22:24
Deleted the last comment because it was irrelevant. Fixed, thank you. TZ variable.
– Chris948
Nov 22 '18 at 22:54
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I realize that this is a common issue, but I can't find the fix to my problem.
Live in "America/Chicago (CST, -0600)" but ubuntu is showing UTC time.
It is 4pm local time here:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
So TimeDateCtl knows local time, but the Date command is showing me UTC
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
I have made sure that the BIOS time is UTC, and my service is started up, just wrong.
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-11-22 22:07:07 Chicago; 9min ago
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 1360 (systemd-timesyn)
Status: "Synchronized to time server 91.189.89.199:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com)."
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
└─1360 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
What else do I try? I set it to local time and back, I've restarted every service I can find.
Edit, I don't see a problem here either:
sudo hwclock --debug
hwclock from util-linux 2.31.1
System Time: 1542925579.769423
Trying to open: /dev/rtc0
Using the rtc interface to the clock.
Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time.
Waiting for clock tick...
...got clock tick
Time read from Hardware Clock: 2018/11/22 22:26:20
Hw clock time : 2018/11/22 22:26:20 = 1542925580 seconds since 1969
Time since last adjustment is 1542925580 seconds
Calculated Hardware Clock drift is 0.000000 seconds
2018-11-22 22:26:19.764979+0000
18.04 time
asked Nov 22 '18 at 22:18
Chris948Chris948
133
I realize that this is a common issue, but I can't find the fix to my problem.
Live in "America/Chicago (CST, -0600)" but ubuntu is showing UTC time.
It is 4pm local time here:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
So TimeDateCtl knows local time, but the Date command is showing me UTC
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
I have made sure that the BIOS time is UTC, and my service is started up, just wrong.
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-11-22 22:07:07 Chicago; 9min ago
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 1360 (systemd-timesyn)
Status: "Synchronized to time server 91.189.89.199:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com)."
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
└─1360 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
What else do I try? I set it to local time and back, I've restarted every service I can find.
Edit, I don't see a problem here either:
sudo hwclock --debug
hwclock from util-linux 2.31.1
System Time: 1542925579.769423
Trying to open: /dev/rtc0
Using the rtc interface to the clock.
Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time.
Waiting for clock tick...
...got clock tick
Time read from Hardware Clock: 2018/11/22 22:26:20
Hw clock time : 2018/11/22 22:26:20 = 1542925580 seconds since 1969
Time since last adjustment is 1542925580 seconds
Calculated Hardware Clock drift is 0.000000 seconds
2018-11-22 22:26:19.764979+0000
18.04 time
18.04 time
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edited Nov 22 '18 at 22:28
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Do you have theTZenvironment variable set? Check the output ofecho $TZ. That variable would override the timezonedateshows, but not whattimedatectlreports.
– Byte Commander
Nov 22 '18 at 22:24
Deleted the last comment because it was irrelevant. Fixed, thank you. TZ variable.
– Chris948
Nov 22 '18 at 22:54
add a comment |
Do you have theTZenvironment variable set? Check the output ofecho $TZ. That variable would override the timezonedateshows, but not whattimedatectlreports.
– Byte Commander
Nov 22 '18 at 22:24
Deleted the last comment because it was irrelevant. Fixed, thank you. TZ variable.
– Chris948
Nov 22 '18 at 22:54
Do you have the
TZ environment variable set? Check the output of echo $TZ. That variable would override the timezone date shows, but not what timedatectl reports.– Byte Commander
Nov 22 '18 at 22:24
Do you have the
TZ environment variable set? Check the output of echo $TZ. That variable would override the timezone date shows, but not what timedatectl reports.– Byte Commander
Nov 22 '18 at 22:24
Deleted the last comment because it was irrelevant. Fixed, thank you. TZ variable.
– Chris948
Nov 22 '18 at 22:54
Deleted the last comment because it was irrelevant. Fixed, thank you. TZ variable.
– Chris948
Nov 22 '18 at 22:54
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Your environment variable TZ is the cause of the problem.
$ echo $TZ
Chicago/New_York
Chicago/New_York is an invalid time zone, so date will default to UTC instead, but for some reason still display the first part of the zone name as time zone, resulting in:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
Now to fix the issue, we just need to find out where that wrong value is set and delete the line. Search for something like one of the lines below in your shell/profile initialization scripts, like ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc or if it affects all users maybe even /etc/environment, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/* or /etc/bash.bashrc:
TZ='Chicago/New_York'
export TZ='Chicago/New_York'
answered Nov 22 '18 at 22:56
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Your environment variable TZ is the cause of the problem.
$ echo $TZ
Chicago/New_York
Chicago/New_York is an invalid time zone, so date will default to UTC instead, but for some reason still display the first part of the zone name as time zone, resulting in:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
Now to fix the issue, we just need to find out where that wrong value is set and delete the line. Search for something like one of the lines below in your shell/profile initialization scripts, like ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc or if it affects all users maybe even /etc/environment, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/* or /etc/bash.bashrc:
TZ='Chicago/New_York'
export TZ='Chicago/New_York'
answered Nov 22 '18 at 22:56
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Your environment variable TZ is the cause of the problem.
$ echo $TZ
Chicago/New_York
Chicago/New_York is an invalid time zone, so date will default to UTC instead, but for some reason still display the first part of the zone name as time zone, resulting in:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
Now to fix the issue, we just need to find out where that wrong value is set and delete the line. Search for something like one of the lines below in your shell/profile initialization scripts, like ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc or if it affects all users maybe even /etc/environment, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/* or /etc/bash.bashrc:
TZ='Chicago/New_York'
export TZ='Chicago/New_York'
answered Nov 22 '18 at 22:56
Byte CommanderByte Commander
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Your environment variable TZ is the cause of the problem.
$ echo $TZ
Chicago/New_York
Chicago/New_York is an invalid time zone, so date will default to UTC instead, but for some reason still display the first part of the zone name as time zone, resulting in:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
Now to fix the issue, we just need to find out where that wrong value is set and delete the line. Search for something like one of the lines below in your shell/profile initialization scripts, like ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc or if it affects all users maybe even /etc/environment, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/* or /etc/bash.bashrc:
TZ='Chicago/New_York'
export TZ='Chicago/New_York'
answered Nov 22 '18 at 22:56
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Your environment variable TZ is the cause of the problem.
$ echo $TZ
Chicago/New_York
Chicago/New_York is an invalid time zone, so date will default to UTC instead, but for some reason still display the first part of the zone name as time zone, resulting in:
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2018-11-22 16:11:47 CST
Universal time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2018-11-22 22:11:47
Time zone: America/Chicago (CST, -0600)
System clock synchronized: yes
systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
$ date
Thu Nov 22 22:15:54 Chicago 2018
Now to fix the issue, we just need to find out where that wrong value is set and delete the line. Search for something like one of the lines below in your shell/profile initialization scripts, like ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc or if it affects all users maybe even /etc/environment, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/* or /etc/bash.bashrc:
TZ='Chicago/New_York'
export TZ='Chicago/New_York'
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Do you have the
TZenvironment variable set? Check the output ofecho $TZ. That variable would override the timezonedateshows, but not whattimedatectlreports.– Byte Commander
Nov 22 '18 at 22:24
Deleted the last comment because it was irrelevant. Fixed, thank you. TZ variable.
– Chris948
Nov 22 '18 at 22:54