not a support question
lmart
offlineMember
@Trixar_za; thx, yes set timezone before executing @Aleksej's suggestion
will fall back to @Bellard suggestion and close out this post if it works
interesting, if you follow this post, it is one big circle
@ilgrandere has the same problem as mine
@Bellard suggests the fix you recommend
@devl547 suggests not necessary to execute @Bellard suggestion
mojo
offlineKey Master
@Imart
Your i.p. location indicates Plano,Texas which is on CentralDaylightTime (CDT)
Applications/Preferences/Time Zone configuration
America/Mexico_City
OK
Close X session : exit
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Time should be correct
Trixar_za
offlineKey Master
Did you restart the computer after setting the timezone?
lmart
offlineMember
@mojo
whew, can the magic you worked getting my timezone tell you my blood type too? ;-)
here is exactly what it required to set the proper date/time
#1 per @mojo
Applications/Preferences/Time Zone configuration, set to timezone, OK
#2 per @Bellard
tazpkg get-install ntp
ntpdate -u north-america.pool.ntp.org && hwclock -w -u
#3 per @mojo
Close X session : exit
Login
Time is correct
lmart
offlineMember
CORRECTION:
after rebooting the system and, starting with a clean slate, here is exactly what is required to set the proper date/time
#1 per @mojo
Applications/Preferences/Time Zone configuration, set to timezone, OK
#2 per @Bellard & @Aleksej
busybox ntpd -dnqp north-america.pool.ntp.org && hwclock -w -u
#3 per @mojo
Close X session (logout button) : exit
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Time is correct
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