Why does clock app need time zone set?

[Andrzej]

On 27/03/17 16:24, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
> I always had it cleared.  But when I would move to a new timezone, and 
> use the Xfce system-date-time app to change my timezone, the clock 
> applet never followed the change.  Only be reinstalling the applet, or 
> setting the timezone in the applet would it adjust to the new timezone.
>
> Yes, the applet 'learns' of the timezone at session start, but it 
> never changes.

Thanks, it's a bug. I've fixed in git master:
fe4b501 Fixed handling of a local timezone

Andrzej