https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441817
Bug ID: 441817
Summary: Timezone fallback incompletely
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.21.5
Platform: unspecified
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 141184
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=141184&action=edit
broken localtime sample file
SUMMARY
At some point, a deffective /etc/localtime was created (outside Plasma) and
that rendered KDE Plamsa apps or widgets depending on the timezone almost
unusable, created infinite loops, Plasma unresponsiveness.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have a bad /etc/localtime file (see attached)
2. The system boots and identifies the time zone as "-00"
In journal:
Aug 31 13:48:08 myuser kded5[768]: System timezone has been changed, new
timezone is "-00"
Plasma starts and timedatectl reports:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Local time: Tue 2021-08-31 11:03:30 UTC
Universal time: Tue 2021-08-31 11:03:30 UTC
RTC time: Tue 2021-08-31 14:03:28
Time zone: n/a (UTC, +0000)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
-----------------------------------------------------------
~/.config/ktimezonedrc is created as:
-----------------------------------------------------------
[TimeZones]
LocalZone=-00
ZoneinfoDir=/usr/share/zoneinfo
Zonetab=/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
-----------------------------------------------------------
3.
OBSERVED RESULT
I'll take the Calendar widget (part of several widgets such as the Calendar and
the Digital Clock) as example. It displays time zone as UTC, but it is not
handled as UTC. The title of the calendar becomes "0
%2(I18N_ARGUMENT_MISSING)", the days outside the current month are numbered
like "-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0" and the numbering continues beyond the end of the month
like "32 33 34 35 36". The digital clock disappears from the desktop if placed
there, also it is not really visible in the system tray - although can be
selected to go to settings and try to add the calendar events - at this point,
when apply, becomes unresponsive, sometimes Plasma too.
If KDE Plasma time zone settings are tried, they display UTC as time zone, but
the user must select and apply UTC in order to fix Plasma behavior.
EXPECTED RESULT
In case of broken time zone file, a message should be displayed and a valid UTC
setting should be created and used optionally in the system and mandatory in
~/.config/ktimezonedrc to ensure normal operation.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: -
macOS: -
Linux/KDE Plasma:
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
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