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Fedora KDE keeps pushing my clock 8 hours ahead whenever I come back home from school (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by sbeak@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev
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update: The issue has been fixed! Turns out all I had to do was set the clock to use UTC time using "timedatectl set-local-rtc 0"...

For some odd reason, whenever I come home (16:00), the clock is set 8 hours ahead (0:00, date jumps to the next day). I have to set my clock manually every time or restart my computer to get the correct time again. ~~There isn't any weird time zone shenanigans~~, the automatic time zone is still correct, and I don't live somewhere with daylight savings. What's wrong with my clock???

I am using Fedora 43 KDE (note: the issue was a thing in 42 KDE as well, but not with 42 Workstation. Either this is a KDE bug or there is some weird conflict with the remnants of gnome stuff. Or maybe I borked something I shouldn't have, idk)

edit: It is time zone shenanigans! My timezone is GMT+8. I have ran "timedatectl set-local-rtc 0" (the warning mentioned this when I ran "timedatectl status" as one person said to do) so let's see if that fixes it

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[โ€“] klangcola@reddthat.com 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you happen to dual boot to Windows when at school, and live 8 timezones from Britain? Linux by default stores the hardware clock in UTC (and concerts to local time on the fly), while Windows stores the hardware clock in local time.

[โ€“] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

I am using GMT+8, interesting. I don't dual boot windows at school, but I do have a dual boot with windows (but I rarely ever boot into windows...)