Package: util-linux
Version: 2.25.2-6
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
rtcwake's conversion from local time to UTC is broken. My system is set to the
EDT timezone, which is -4 hours from UTC. However, rtcwake adds 8 hours to my
local time when converting to UTC. This results in the wake timer being off by
8 hours.
For example, to have rtcwake suspend to RAM and then wake at 11:04 PM EDT the
same day, I need to use the following command:
rtcwake -m -l -t $(date +%s -d "tomorrow 07:04")
The expected behavior would be to enter the time in EDT as I used the -l flag
to indicate the use of local time. I would expect the following command to
achieve the same behavior:
rtcwake -m -l -t $(date +%s -d "today 23:04")
*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
* What led up to the situation?
I attmepted to use rtcwake to suspend my system to RAM and wake the system at a
specified local time.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Through testing, I discovered I needed to adjust local time +8 hours to achieve
the expected behvaior.
* What was the outcome of this action?
rtcwake now wakes the system as expected.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected to be able to enter the time using my correct local time (EDT).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.7
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii initscripts 2.88dsf-59
ii libblkid1 2.25.2-6
ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u7
ii libmount1 2.25.2-6
ii libncurses5 5.9+20140913-1+b1
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2
ii libselinux1 2.3-2
ii libslang2 2.3.0-2
ii libsmartcols1 2.25.2-6
ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140913-1+b1
ii libuuid1 2.25.2-6
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii tzdata 2016j-0+deb8u1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
util-linux recommends no packages.
Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
ii dosfstools 3.0.27-1
ii kbd 1.15.5-2
ii util-linux-locales 2.25.2-6
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