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Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone.

From Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.mageia
Subject Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone.
Date 2026-02-10 09:37 -0800
Message-ID <mv18mkFqgdnU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Jim wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 16:24:56 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:
> 
>> William Unruh wrote:
>>> I am in Vancouver and the date/time widget refuses to go off Chicago
>>> time.
>>
>> Mageia is systemd.
>>
>> You can use timedatectl.
>>
>> I don't know what's up w/ your GUI.
>>
>> I'm not sure, but it is probably:
>>
>> sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/Vancouver
>>
>> I don't have a Mageia up right now, but it probably also has a tzselect
>> gizmo.
> 
> bin]$ man timedatectl
> timedatectl list-timezones |grep Canada
> Canada/Atlantic
> Canada/Central
> Canada/Eastern
> Canada/Mountain
> Canada/Newfoundland
> Canada/Pacific
> Canada/Saskatchewan
> Canada/Yukon
> 
> Your system and desktop may have a much more extensive
> set of choices.
> 
Oh; Vancouver, BC, .ca

I was thinking Vancouver, WA, .us

In any case, they are both on Pacific time, UTC-8.


-- 
Mike Easter

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time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2026-02-09 23:47 +0000
  Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-02-09 16:24 -0800
    Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. Jim <jim.beard@verizon.net> - 2026-02-10 15:19 +0000
      Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-02-10 09:37 -0800
  Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-02-10 12:36 -0500
    Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2026-02-12 20:33 +0000
      Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-02-12 17:54 -0500
        Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2026-02-13 08:46 +0000
          Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-02-13 12:49 -0500
            Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2026-02-17 05:38 +0000
  Re: time widget on lower bar refuses to change timezone. faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-02-20 21:07 +1100

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