Why does clock app need time zone set?

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Mon Mar 27 21:07:24 CEST 2017



On 03/27/2017 02:01 PM, Andrzej wrote:
> 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

Great that I contributed to improving the product.

Now just to wait for it to appear in Fedora24.  :)

I am waiting for Fedora26 for my next system upgrade.




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