[SOLVED] Timezone several hours off

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Zhme · Post by **Zhme** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:34 pm

I have been trying to troubleshoot my time being displayed incorrectly in my Polybar. Using the manual I tried to use the '/etc/timezone' method without luck. Using OpenRC I tried to follow the guide steps that would allow me to use the hwclock https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/System_time#OpenRC and am getting strange output.

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zhme@top ~ $ sudo hwclock --verbose
Password:
hwclock from util-linux 2.37.4
System Time: 1650716822.327941
Trying to open: /dev/rtc0
Using the rtc interface to the clock.
Last drift adjustment done at 1637848585 seconds after 1969
Last calibration done at 1637848585 seconds after 1969
Hardware clock is on UTC time
Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time.
Waiting for clock tick...
...got clock tick
Time read from Hardware Clock: 2022/04/23 07:27:03
Hw clock time : 2022/04/23 07:27:03 = 1650698823 seconds since 1969
Time since last adjustment is 12850238 seconds
Calculated Hardware Clock drift is 0.000000 seconds
2022-04-23 02:27:02.300319-05:00

The time that should have been displayed is ~12:27 for me now.

Following along down the instructions on that page I added the lines to '/etc/conf.d/hwclock' and issued the commands to restart and add to boot init.

I feel like I have conflicting settings that are combating each other to set the system time.

Please let me know which relevant output would be most useful!

P.S. On bootup I get an error that clock skew is detected with (null)
adjusting mtime of /run/openrc/deptree

alamahant · Post by **alamahant** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:41 pm

Plz let the kernel take care of system time

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KERNEL Letting the kernel sync the system clock
    Device Drivers --->
      [*] Real Time Clock --->
            [*]   Set system time from RTC on startup and resume
            (rtc0)  RTC used to set the system time
            [*]   Set the RTC time based on NTP synchronization
            (rtc0)  RTC used to synchronize NTP adjustment
            [*]   /sys/class/rtc/rtcN (sysfs)
            [*]   /proc/driver/rtc (procfs for rtc0)
            [*]   /dev/rtcN (character devices)
            <*>   PC-style 'CMOS'

Run something like

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ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime

Install and enable chronyd.
In
/etc/chrony/chrony.conf
make sure you have

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pool pool.ntp.org iburst auto_offline
# Enable kernel synchronization of the real-time clock (RTC).
rtcsync
hwclockfile /etc/adjtime
rtconutc

Disable hwclock @boot runlevel and enable osclock @default.

mv · Post by mv » Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:50 pm

You might want to look at this question and its replies. In particular, set clock_systohc=YES in /etc/conf.d/hwclock. (If you use systemd, I would have to look up what to do.)

Zhme · Post by **Zhme** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:44 pm

Thank you both. Chrony got rid of my headache. Perhaps the Handbook should reflect a similar suggestion for most cases!