Wrong time in Vivaldi after update
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So that is eliminated. Any ideas where else could Vivaldi be getting this?
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test@ubuntu-lts:~$ timedatectl Local time: Mo 2023-09-25 10:07:56 EDT Universal time: Mo 2023-09-25 14:07:56 UTC RTC time: Mo 2023-09-25 14:07:56 Time zone: America/New_York (EDT, -0400) System clock synchronized: yes NTP service: active RTC in local TZ: noMy vivaldi 6.3 shows on Ubuntu 22 LTS 10:00 (New York local time) now.
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@DoctorG , are you suggesting I update Vivaldi to 6.3 or my OS to 22 LTS?
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@hockeybum Latest Vivaldi Stable is 6.2.3105.51.
Let me check my very old VM with Ubuntu 18.04 and i will tell if that is a Ubuntu issue.
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@hockeybum do you dual-boot with M$ Winblows?
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@npro - I do have my laptop configured with dual boot, but I haven't used the Windows partition since I installed Ubuntu (it is a company laptop and I didn't want to ditch the original OS that came pre-loaded from Dell).
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@hockeybum That is it then, Winblows messes it up as always
https://itsfoss.com/wrong-time-dual-boot/
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https://www.howtogeek.com/323390/how-to-fix-windows-and-linux-showing-different-times-when-dual-booting/ -
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Never set RTC to localtime! That is unusual for Linux and UNIX.
The problem my be that Windows does not know that BIOS time of RTC is set to UTC timezone.
You need to add a Windows registry setting:
Start Windows Powershell as Administrator
Run in Windows Powershell
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation" /v RealTimeIsUniversal /d 1 /t REG_DWORD /f -
@npro - thank you, a few questions:
- I have not booted the Win partition in YEARS. Would merely just having the partition cause this issue?
- the ONLY place I'm seeing this is in the Vivaldi time at the bottom right. Other websites, my system (as shown in screenshot), etc. all show the correct local time. It seems like the FOSS article indicates that I would be seeing the wrong time at least at the OS level, but that is not what I'm experiencing.
- my RTC is same as UTC:
Would that indicate that this is NOT the issue? My RTC is UTC, it's adding the local time zone offset and I'm getting that result everywhere except Vivaldi.
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@hockeybum hmm, maybe Vivaldi is using some "ntp" routine which is missing from your report ?
what happens if you
timedatectl set-ntp true? -
it seemed like it was already set, but I did it anyway. No impact. I rebooted as well for good measure, and confirmed the time shown on BIOS clock matches the UTC time, which is consistent with what we are seeing for timedatectl
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@hockeybum Sorry to say, musst be something on your Linux. My Vivaldi works on Ubuntu 18 LTS with correct time and timnezone.
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@hockeybum any extensions that could interfere? Tried in a clean profile?
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No other apps are behaving this way. Based on what I'm seeing, Vivaldi is ignoring the timezone and just going with what is in the RTC.
The time feature in Vivaldi is not a critical one, resolving this is not critical for me, but I would like to get it resolved.
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Still getting the same, unfortunately.
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@hockeybum said in Wrong time in Vivaldi after update:
Vivaldi is ignoring the timezone
No, it does not, that would have been reported often when it could happen.
Something wrong on you Linux.I like to know more.
Start shell and tell output of
echo $TZ
sudo su
echo $TZ
cat /etc/timezone
timedatectl show --va -p Timezone -
The first two commands do not return anything, just a blank line.
Here is the remainder:
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@hockeybum /edit:
checking again the manual...no idea, but I'd say you should upgrade to at least 20.04 anyway, 18.04 has gone EOL end of May, it's not supported anymore and it could contain bugs like this one...
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Even though DoctorG reported that it's working on his, that is a good point. I have been hesitant to do so, but it may a good reason to do it now.
