** Description changed: See https://askubuntu.com/questions/1528949/time-setting-problems-with- ubuntu-24-04 I upgraded two laptops from 22.04 to 24.04.1 and both resulted in an inability to set the time zone correctly using the GUI settings. The notification bar showed the time in UTC, not EST, at the top centre. - My `/etc/timezone` contains `America/Toronto`, which should be EST. + My `/etc/timezone` contains `America/Toronto`, which should cause dates + to display as EST (which they did before the upgrade to 24.04.1). I would select and save `America/Toronto UTC-05:00` in the GUI and then the GUI would display `UTC (Toronto, Canada)`. Toronto is EST, not UTC. The output of the `date` command was always in UTC, and the time zone was listed as the bogus `Canada` time zone instead of the correct EST: - $ echo $TZ - Canada/Eastern + $ echo $TZ + Canada/Eastern - $ date - Thu Dec 19 18:50:46 Canada 2024 + $ date + Thu Dec 19 18:50:46 Canada 2024 The output of `timedatectl` was correct, showing the correct EST time zone: - $ timedatectl - Local time: Thu 2024-12-19 14:26:09 EST - Universal time: Thu 2024-12-19 19:26:09 UTC - RTC time: Thu 2024-12-19 19:26:09 - Time zone: America/Toronto (EST, -0500) - System clock synchronized: yes - NTP service: active - RTC in local TZ: no + $ timedatectl + Local time: Thu 2024-12-19 14:26:09 EST + Universal time: Thu 2024-12-19 19:26:09 UTC + RTC time: Thu 2024-12-19 19:26:09 + Time zone: America/Toronto (EST, -0500) + System clock synchronized: yes + NTP service: active + RTC in local TZ: no Downgrading from 2024 to `tzdata_2022a-0ubuntu1_all.deb` fixed the problem on both machines; the time is correct and the `date` command shows the time zone is now EST: - # date - Thu Dec 19 19:37:35 Canada 2024 + # date + Thu Dec 19 19:37:35 Canada 2024 - # dpkg -i /tmp/tzdata_2022a-0ubuntu1_all.deb - dpkg: warning: downgrading tzdata from 2024a-3ubuntu1.1 to 2022a-0ubuntu1 - (Reading database ... 217864 files and directories currently installed.) - Preparing to unpack .../tzdata_2022a-0ubuntu1_all.deb ... - Unpacking tzdata (2022a-0ubuntu1) over (2024a-3ubuntu1.1) ... - Setting up tzdata (2022a-0ubuntu1) ... + # dpkg -i /tmp/tzdata_2022a-0ubuntu1_all.deb + dpkg: warning: downgrading tzdata from 2024a-3ubuntu1.1 to 2022a-0ubuntu1 + (Reading database ... 217864 files and directories currently installed.) + Preparing to unpack .../tzdata_2022a-0ubuntu1_all.deb ... + Unpacking tzdata (2022a-0ubuntu1) over (2024a-3ubuntu1.1) ... + Setting up tzdata (2022a-0ubuntu1) ... - Current default time zone: 'America/Toronto' - Local time is now: Thu Dec 19 14:37:52 EST 2024. - Universal Time is now: Thu Dec 19 19:37:52 UTC 2024. - Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it. + Current default time zone: 'America/Toronto' + Local time is now: Thu Dec 19 14:37:52 EST 2024. + Universal Time is now: Thu Dec 19 19:37:52 UTC 2024. + Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it. - # date - Thu Dec 19 14:37:53 EST 2024 + # date + Thu Dec 19 14:37:53 EST 2024 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: tzdata 2022a-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-51.52-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-51-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Dec 19 14:08:18 2024 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-08 (1563 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: tzdata UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-11-28 (22 days ago)
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