Yea, I think there's more then one timezone file that needs to be updated. The file is not mentioned in the wiki. I had the same problem, but don't have my phone with me right now so I'm not sure which file it is the wiki doesn't mention.
Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Johnson Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 5:09 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: Time and Timezone issues... On Wednesday 03 September 2008, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: > Setting the right time in my device is the only problem I wasn't able to > solve yet since the very first time... :o. > > What I've done following the Date [1] and Timezone [2] wikis: > - installed ntpclient > - installed tzdata-europe > - set the time using ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org > - synced with the hardware clock > - exported TZ=:/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Rome in ~/.profile > > Now, if I re-set the time using ntp I get the right time (in my > timezone), but if restart the device (without network connectivity, as > generally happens when you boot a phone!) I get back the UTC time > ([mytime] - [2hours])! > This is too bad! To make my TZ to be considered I must run again the > ntpclient, but this need a network connectivity :|. > > Any suggestion? If I syn-link /etc/timezone to my timezone file the same > happens (and on reboot the link is removed). > > Then, in my phone I've two OS: qtopia (on SD) and 2008.8. I'd like to > keep both the clocks synced (not to change the time on each startup). > > Ah... Time! :| > > [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Date > [2] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Timezone Could be related to bug 1851 - not sure if this has made it into the updates yet. http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1851 _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community