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    Incorret time in bash-prompt and logs on XOA

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    • BytevenidosB Offline
      Bytevenidos
      last edited by Bytevenidos

      Hello, the time looks correct when i run timedatectl. However, you can see that that the time in my bash prompt is not correct. This is in a different timezone. The logs are also an hour off. Is this a bug? I can't find a time setting inside XOA. How does the env variable get updated?

      [14:21 18] xoa@xoa:~$ timedatectl
                     Local time: Sat 2025-10-18 15:24:17 EDT
                 Universal time: Sat 2025-10-18 19:24:17 UTC
                       RTC time: Sat 2025-10-18 19:24:17
                      Time zone: US/Eastern (EDT, -0400)
      System clock synchronized: yes
                    NTP service: active
                RTC in local TZ: no
      [14:24 18] xoa@xoa:~$ 
      
      [14:24 18] xoa@xoa:~$ echo $TZ
      EST
      [14:24 18] xoa@xoa:~$ 
      
      [14:24 18] xoa@xoa:~$ last reboot
      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sat Oct 18 14:16   still running
      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sat Oct 18 14:14 - 14:15  (00:01)
      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Fri Oct 17 20:24 - 08:55  (12:30)
      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Fri Oct 17 20:21 - 20:24  (00:03)
      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Fri Oct 17 20:12 - 20:20  (00:08)
      
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      • BytevenidosB Offline
        Bytevenidos @Danp
        last edited by

        @Danp Yup, that fixed the time and the logs also. Thanks!

        [12:42 19] xoa@xoa:~$ timedatectl
                       Local time: Sun 2025-10-19 12:42:55 EDT
                   Universal time: Sun 2025-10-19 16:42:55 UTC
                         RTC time: Sun 2025-10-19 16:42:55
                        Time zone: America/New_York (EDT, -0400)
        System clock synchronized: yes
                      NTP service: active
                  RTC in local TZ: no
        [12:42 19] xoa@xoa:~$ last reboot
        reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sun Oct 19 12:42   still running
        reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sun Oct 19 08:27 - 12:42  (04:15)
        reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sun Oct 19 08:18 - 08:26  (00:08)
        reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sat Oct 18 15:16 - 08:17  (17:01)
        
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        • olivierlambertO Offline
          olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
          last edited by

          Hi,

          Have you checked https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/xoa#timezone ?

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          • BytevenidosB Offline
            Bytevenidos @olivierlambert
            last edited by

            @olivierlambert

            I ran that tool and tried both the US/Eastern and America/New_York but I'm still getting a time zone that does not account for daylight savings time. I did reboot inbetween each different sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata region selection.

            [07:22 19] xoa@xoa:timesyncd.conf.d$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
            
            Current default time zone: 'US/Eastern'
            Local time is now:      Sun Oct 19 08:23:19 EDT 2025.
            Universal Time is now:  Sun Oct 19 12:23:19 UTC 2025.
            
            [07:24 19] xoa@xoa:timesyncd.conf.d$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
            
            Current default time zone: 'America/New_York'
            Local time is now:      Sun Oct 19 08:25:59 EDT 2025.
            Universal Time is now:  Sun Oct 19 12:25:59 UTC 2025.
            
            [07:27 19] xoa@xoa:~$ date
            Sun Oct 19 07:27:30 AM EST 2025
            [07:27 19] xoa@xoa:~$ last reboot
            reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sun Oct 19 07:27   still running
            reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sun Oct 19 07:18 - 07:26  (00:08)
            
            
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            • olivierlambertO Offline
              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
              last edited by

              Have you checked timesync? (the paragraph after in the doc)

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              • DanpD Offline
                Danp Pro Support Team
                last edited by

                The bash prompt may be displaying the incorrect time due to these lines in /etc/bash.bashrc --

                # Default user timezone is EST
                if [ -z "$TZ" ]
                then
                  export TZ=EST
                fi
                

                Are you getting the expected result if you comment out this section of code and then reboot?

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                • ForzaF Offline
                  Forza @Danp
                  last edited by

                  @Danp said in Incorret time in bash-prompt and logs on XOA:

                  The bash prompt may be displaying the incorrect time due to these lines in /etc/bash.bashrc --

                  # Default user timezone is EST
                  if [ -z "$TZ" ]
                  then
                    export TZ=EST
                  fi
                  

                  Are you getting the expected result if you comment out this section of code and then reboot?

                  Had the same issue myself, and removing that helped.

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                  • olivierlambertO Offline
                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                    last edited by

                    Interesting. Let me add @Team-DevOps so we might improve the bashrc

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                    • BytevenidosB Offline
                      Bytevenidos @Danp
                      last edited by

                      @Danp Yup, that fixed the time and the logs also. Thanks!

                      [12:42 19] xoa@xoa:~$ timedatectl
                                     Local time: Sun 2025-10-19 12:42:55 EDT
                                 Universal time: Sun 2025-10-19 16:42:55 UTC
                                       RTC time: Sun 2025-10-19 16:42:55
                                      Time zone: America/New_York (EDT, -0400)
                      System clock synchronized: yes
                                    NTP service: active
                                RTC in local TZ: no
                      [12:42 19] xoa@xoa:~$ last reboot
                      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sun Oct 19 12:42   still running
                      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sun Oct 19 08:27 - 12:42  (04:15)
                      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sun Oct 19 08:18 - 08:26  (00:08)
                      reboot   system boot  6.1.0-40-amd64   Sat Oct 18 15:16 - 08:17  (17:01)
                      
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