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indicator-datetime package

Manual setting of time and date has no effect on the clock present on the desktop

Bug #1043860 reported by Akhila
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
indicator-datetime (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Clock was already showing proper local time and date. When I tried to changethe time and date manually in the 'Time and Date' settings menu, it takes the changes but those changes are not reflected on the desktop clock.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 30 19:34:33 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120814.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Akhila (akhilahegde) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report. It doesn't look like a bug in the installer, moving to gnome-control-center.

affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) → gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) → indicator-datetime (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1043860

tags: added: iso-testing
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Akhila (akhilahegde) wrote :

Time and date changes get reflected on the desktop clock. I'm having a trouble right now in figuring out how soon it changes as the system response is immensly slow, like it's taking minutes to respond. But, yes, changes are accepted.

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Akhila (akhilahegde) wrote :

For changes to be shown on the clock on desktop, a mouse click is required (anywhere except the close button on the 'Time and Date' window). Until then, changes remain dormant.

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Charles Kerr (charlesk) wrote :

This is ameliorated in 14.04, but still present.

indicator-datetime updates its display at least once per minute, so the click Akhila mentioned in comment #5 isn't necessary anymore.

However, it still doesn't update immediately when the user changes the time manually. org.freedesktop.timedate1 provides a mechanism for setting the time, but doesn't appear to have a signal notifying when it's been set. I'm not what the Right Way is to listen for manual time changes here...?

Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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