What happened: During a new installation of Ubuntu 9.04 from a live CD downloaded from a local mirror server, the modem was set to a local-only internet account, costing about 15% of international bandwidth. The installer came up with a world map from which the time zone was selected. The time shown was 2 hours ahead of the current time and could not be edited. During the installation, the computer clock was advanced by 2 hours. This was rectified manually after the installation.
After 2 weeks of exposure to local and international time servers, the system software clock still has this built in error of 2 hours, caused by the wrong time zone during installation. The attached screenshot file shows the directory listing of some system folders of a computer booted at 06h00 SAST. Some has the correct time, while others are time-stamped 2 hours into the future. What should have happened: The installer should not be allowed to change the computer clock. It should calculate the universal time from the computer clock, and the time zone chosen by the user. The time zone need not be chosen graphically. A simple drop-down list showing the time zones with a few cities is good enough. All users know in which time zone they are. In my opinion, this bug is also the cause of most of the other time-related bugs reported. ** Attachment added: "Ubuntu 9.04 Wrong time zone during installation" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28936740/Boot-up%20times.png -- Installer sets wrong timezone https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246732 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
