You have been subscribed to a public bug by Harald Sitter (apachelogger): since 13.04, zic seems to be broken. Go to the Systemsettings set the correct time and turn on ntp. next, the timezone are correct but the time will always set tu UTC.
in a bugreport on kde.org > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317999#c11 a userhas found out that it could be zic's fault --kubuntu-dev note-- a user did some fiddling to zic and came up with a fix/workaround http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?62995-Wrong-time-zone-on-your-clock-Help-Kubuntu-devs-create-a-fix&p=330437&viewfull=1#post330437 this issue seems to be affecting all of debian and pretty much renders zic useless for purposes of setting the system timezone. ---- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: libc-bin 2.17-91ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-5.17-lowlatency 3.10.2 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Aug 15 13:14:33 2013 Dependencies: gcc-4.8-base 4.8.1-8ubuntu1 libc6 2.17-91ubuntu1 libcap2 1:2.22-1.2ubuntu2 libgcc1 1:4.8.1-8ubuntu1 multiarch-support 2.17-91ubuntu1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-06 (69 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: eglibc UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-17 (58 days ago) ** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kubuntu libc raring saucy time -- broken zic set wront time via ntp https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212662 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
