Ubuntu
clock-setup package

Installer should not ask about UTC if it has a net connection

Bug #8898 reported by Stuart Langridge
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Bug Description

If Ubuntu is being installed using a network connection, where it can see the
internet, then it should not ask whether the hardware clock is set to UTC: it
should find out the time from an NTP server and decide for itself.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Interesting idea. I don't think it can be made very reliable, however, since
the system's hardware clock could be wrong.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

*** Bug 24870 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Lionel Dricot (ploum-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Is this bug still relevant ? (I don't really understand because you have anyway to give your timezone).

Is it confirmed or wontfix or already fixed ?

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

> I don't really understand because you have anyway to give your timezone

Most people are able to tell in which timezone they are, but a lot of people don't understand the "UTC" and "hardware clock" question, or they are not able to check it at installation time.

Suggestion: Take the hw time +/- timezone and compare with network time. If it fits within +/- 10 minutes, decide on UTC/localtime based on this, otherwise ask user.

Also, make sure it does not hang waiting for the time server, if there is a firewall...

Changed in clock-setup:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Alan Jenkins (aj504) wrote :

Also wouldn't work all the time in the UK, where localtime may be UTC or UTC+1; for such zones you'd have to be asked if installing during the period when localtime is the same as UTC.

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in clock-setup:
assignee: kamion → nobody
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Adam Niedling (krychek) wrote :

I don't know what version of Ubuntu was the original poster talking about, but Gutsy or Hardy definitely doesn't ask about UTC anymore. Bug can be closed.

Changed in clock-setup:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

In some circumstances it still does. Please refer to the code. :-)

Changed in clock-setup:
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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