clock is always wrong..

[Kenshin]

hi..

i install debian etch for 3-5 days ago.. i have a litle problem.. everytime when i turn off the computer the system clock gone wrong.. its 3 hours up from the normal time.. i turn it normal everytime but it shows true untill the system log off.. then next opening 3hours up...

[techieMoe]

It's always exactly 3 hours off? Sounds to me like you have the wrong timezone set, and your settings aren't getting saved when you log off.

[devils casper]

Did you set Clock to UTC? Check Date and Time properties and look for UTC check box. Uncheck UTC.
I dont have access to Debian box right now and I can't tell you exact location but I am sure that its coz of UTC only.

EDIT: techieMoe is fast.

[Kenshin]

i try severel times.. uncheck the correct time zone.. check the correct time zone.. etc..etc.. but its still showing wrong when opened system again..

now my prefences like this : http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/347/screenxh8.png

yeah i m in istanbul and its 22.47 now

[devils casper]

Its look like you are using KDE. Right click on Clock -- Show Timezone and select Local Timezone.

[iwanabeguru]

... or use "tzconfig" from command line

[Kenshin]

it did it a lot of times.. but it didnt work..

and try the command line.. it looks true but the clock is wrong

Your current time zone is set to Europe/Istanbul

[devils casper]

Execute this

su -
time-admin

Select correct Time Zone and reboot machine.

[Kenshin]

thanx for your reply..

i did it and saw there isnt a ntp server support on my system.. whatever i install it with

apt-get install ntp

then open time-admin and set ntp active and select ntp servers on it & sure selected the correct timezone..

then i reboot it.. but it opened wrong again

[Franklin52]

Hi,

It seems that you have a wrong localtime file in your /etc directory.
Replace the file "/etc/localtime" with the file "/usr/share/zoneininfo/Europe/Instanbul".
You can also make a symlink to that file.

Regards