The timer is still incorrect as we can see here: $ systemctl list-timers --all NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES Wed 2019-07-03 10:31:55 PDT 36min left Wed 2019-07-03 09:31:58 PDT 23min ago anacron.timer anacron.service Wed 2019-07-03 11:53:16 PDT 1h 57min left Tue 2019-07-02 22:48:05 PDT 11h ago apt-daily.timer apt-daily.service Wed 2019-07-03 15:28:41 PDT 5h 33min left Tue 2019-07-02 15:28:41 PDT 18h ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clea Wed 2019-07-03 22:07:28 PDT 12h left Tue 2019-07-02 01:10:22 PDT 1 day 8h ago mdmonitor-oneshot.timer mdmonitor-oneshot.ser Thu 2019-07-04 00:00:00 PDT 14h left Wed 2019-07-03 00:00:01 PDT 9h ago logrotate.timer logrotate.service Thu 2019-07-04 00:00:00 PDT 14h left Wed 2019-07-03 00:00:01 PDT 9h ago man-db.timer man-db.service Thu 2019-07-04 06:45:10 PDT 20h left Wed 2019-07-03 06:18:41 PDT 3h 36min ago apt-daily-upgrade.timer apt-daily-upgrade.ser Sun 2019-07-07 03:10:43 PDT 3 days left Sun 2019-06-30 03:11:23 PDT 3 days ago e2scrub_all.timer e2scrub_all.service Sun 2019-07-07 23:51:21 PDT 4 days left Mon 2019-06-24 15:03:57 PDT 1 weeks 1 days ago mdcheck_start.timer mdcheck_start.service Mon 2019-07-08 00:00:00 PDT 4 days left Mon 2019-07-01 00:00:01 PDT 2 days ago fstrim.timer fstrim.service n/a n/a n/a n/a mdcheck_continue.timer mdcheck_continue.serv n/a n/a Tue 2019-06-25 04:05:23 PDT 1 weeks 1 days ago motd-news.timer motd-news.service n/a n/a n/a n/a snapd.snap-repair.timer snapd.snap-repair.ser n/a n/a Mon 2019-06-24 15:13:25 PDT 1 weeks 1 days ago ureadahead-stop.timer ureadahead-stop.servi
14 timers listed. [ 9:55AM 11039 ] [ bdmurray@impulse:~/source-trees/daisy/trunk ] $ systemctl status motd-news.timer ● motd-news.timer - Message of the Day Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/motd-news.timer; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (elapsed) since Mon 2019-06-24 15:12:33 PDT; 1 weeks 1 days ago Trigger: n/a Jun 24 15:12:33 impulse systemd[1]: Started Message of the Day. [ 9:56AM 11041 ] [ bdmurray@impulse:~/source-trees/daisy/trunk ] $ apt-cache policy base-files base-files: Installed: 10.2ubuntu3 Candidate: 10.2ubuntu3 Version table: *** 10.2ubuntu3 500 500 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu Eoan) Status: Fix Released => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829968 Title: motd [on at least some instances] does not auto-update daily To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1829968/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs