This bug was reproducible when only set a few minutes ahead. I've just retested (on OTA-7), and it is now working as expected. I think the >18 hours was mentioned before as a deliberate design. So, this bug is fixed; if you disagree with the >18 hours thing, that should be reported in a new bug.
** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1459643 Title: Automatically update time does not work if time is manually set ahead of the real time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-system-settings/+bug/1459643/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs