Bug 719213 - system-config-date should show time from hardware clock
Summary: system-config-date should show time from hardware clock
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-date
Version: 23
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
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Assignee: Nils Philippsen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 714390
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Reported: 2011-07-06 04:36 UTC by Wayne Pollock
Modified: 2016-08-10 15:27 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-08-10 15:27:27 UTC
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Description Wayne Pollock 2011-07-06 04:36:14 UTC
Description of problem:

On the time setting screen, right below the check-box for "hardware clock uses
UTC", please add a line that reads "with the current settings the hardware
clock time is ___" and the time.  On dual-boot machines, machines with
removable hard drives (such as used in the school's computer lab and
classrooms), it can be hard to know what the hardware clock is currently set to
use.  With such a line, can can check and uncheck the Use UTC box and know. 
(this especially applies to the use of this tool by Anaconda.)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run anaconda or system-config-date directly
2.
3.

Actual results:
Current hardware clock time, interpreted by the settings chosen, doesn't
appear.

Expected results:
Current hardware clock time, interpreted by the settings chosen, should appear.

Additional info:

Applies to Red Hat too. (Bug #714390)

Comment 1 Nils Philippsen 2012-07-09 14:56:54 UTC
This needs a way to simulate what hwclock would write with the chosen time zone settings, as well as avoiding this code path on platforms that don't have a hardware clock which is settable from the OS.

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2013-04-03 16:34:36 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 19 development cycle.
Changing version to '19'.

(As we did not run this process for some time, it could affect also pre-Fedora 19 development
cycle bugs. We are very sorry. It will help us with cleanup during Fedora 19 End Of Life. Thank you.)

More information and reason for this action is here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping/Fedora19

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more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
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Comment 5 Nils Philippsen 2016-08-10 15:27:27 UTC
Thanks for taking the time to submit this bug. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten
around to fix this issue, sorry for that.

Because I don't actively develop system-config-date anymore, I won't likely find
the time to work on this ticket, so I'll close this bug now.


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