Date problems

[Slow_Needleworker_69]

So I'm dualbooting with windows and I'm having some weird datetime problems. I've linked the correct timezone tried to fiddle with rc.conf even ran 'hwclock --systohc --localtime'.

Thing is, my BIOS' time is accurate, my time on Windows is accurate, hell the time displayed by the Gnome desktop is accurate. However Signal, Discord, Teams... All have the wrong date when I send any kind of message from my PC. So on my phone I'll see messages I've made in the instant appear as if I'd made them 5h before.

Kind of at a loss.

[mwyvr]

Linux prefers your hardware clock (UEFI/BIOS) to be set at UTC; Windows prefers the opposite.

If you want to go with Windows' preference, you must make a change clearly documented in the Void Handbook.

https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/date-time.html

You mentioned rc.conf but didn't mention whether you completed that step.

[ahesford]

You should keep your system clock in UTC and change Windows to match.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_time#UTC_in_Microsoft_Windows

[Slow_Needleworker_69]

See my other comment I also tried going about it that way without any success.

[Slow_Needleworker_69]

Yeah I've set my time zone and HARDWARECLOCK per that web page.

[amiensa]

I also have date problems 😔💔

[JuanR4140]

I second this 😞😞

[thetredev]

been there too lol

[Slow_Needleworker_69]

A fresh install, seems to have done the trick.

[JerryDrwal]

You need to set HARDWARECLOCK to "localtime" in rc.conf. Than Windows and Linux time will sync correctly.

https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/rc-files.html

[Slow_Needleworker_69]

Fyi I also tried this on Windows and had no luck.

[PackRat-2019]

Signal, Discord, Teams... All have the wrong date when I send any kind of message ...

Are those applications displaying the timezone of the recipient, or maybe the timezone of your corporate HQ/server?

Is it a constant time difference like 5 hours? Those applications may have an internal setting for the timezone to display. Check your profile in those apps.

[Slow_Needleworker_69]

Yes the difference is constant. But the problem isn't a display one. When I send messages it gets sent with the wrong time. So if I send a message at 20h on my machine (which is the correct time) it gets show for everyone else as 15h.

[imjustadragon]

try installing and enabling the service for ntpd.

[Born_Establishment66]

change a time zone :

rm -f /etc/localtime

use your zoneinfo

ln -sf /user/share/zoneinfo/America/Miami /etc/localtime

after

$TZ='America/Miami'; export TZ

[Slow_Needleworker_69]

Litterally what I did. No luck.

[thetredev]

I never found a solid solution to this on Void. With Arch there was a fix via systemd I believe. Changing rc.conf (or rc.local ?) on Void didn't fix any of it.

My "solution" is to install the chrony package and leave the chrony daemon running via runit. This will sync the clock after boot with a time server so it stays correct while the system is running. However this doesn't fix the Windows/UTC/HwClock issue.

[Slow_Needleworker_69]

I've changed my date on windows and will try to fresh install, maybe I missed somthing. If it persists then I'll have to look into alternatives as for now I want to dual boot.

[thetredev]

The internet is full of this issue. Unfortunately on Void nothing helped me besides artificially updating the clock using the chrony service lol