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aqk

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From: Log cabin in Elgin, Quebec

Registered: 2023-02-05

Posts: 3

New Q4OS install has clock set to UTC (some call it GMT)

I recently installed Q4OS on a small ASUS-eee and note that the clock is set to UTC,  which is what my router is set to.
How do I inform the system that I am at UTC-5? (Eastern Standard Time)
Actually, I HAVE already done this. But the clock continues to show UTC.

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- aqk       "Sentience is vastly over-rated..."

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,506

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Re: New Q4OS install has clock set to UTC (some call it GMT)

Q4OS keeps the hardware time as UTC. You only need to set your timezone up, so run in terminal:
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

aqk

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From: Log cabin in Elgin, Quebec

Registered: 2023-02-05

Posts: 3

Re: New Q4OS install has clock set to UTC (some call it GMT)

<b>Thanx!</b>  The taskbar clock configuration seems to run on a different setting, but that was easy to adjust.

So far  compared to a few other OSes, Q4OS runs quite well on my little 15-yea-rold ASUS-eee, with its 16GB of soldered-in  "SSD"  and its 2GB RAM!
Only problem so far is, that due to the 1024x600 screen, I cannot see the bottom responses on some system screens, and have to guess where the "Apply" or "OK" is.

BTW, where is that beautiful  Analog-clock screen-saver located? I'd like move it to the full-time screen background.
Much better than the old Macslow clock I've been using for 10+ years now!

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- aqk       "Sentience is vastly over-rated..."

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

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Re: New Q4OS install has clock set to UTC (some call it GMT)

... due to the 1024x600 screen, I cannot see the bottom responses on some system screens ...

You may find useful https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3791