Version: (using KDE 4.1.1) OS: Linux Installed from: SuSE RPMs The timezone defaults to a different region in Europe despite correct settings in Configure Desktop and resetting it in settings -> configure calendar
I assume you mean that you are setting a timezone in the Settings->Configure Calendar->Time&Date dialog?? and that setting isn't being used properly?? please provide more details: what timezone are you setting what timezone are you getting
I keep setting it to Europe/London, it keeps resetting to Europe/Guernsey. Not drastic in itself but it should be happening, (should it?)
confirmed. changing the timezone in the config dialog isn't being saved.
Is this the same as bug 115763 and bug 159171?
Looks very similar to 115763 not sure about the other one, though it's not so remote I wonder why you are asking.
As KDE offers more and more bling, the timezone problem becomes more of problem. The clock in Yast is definitely set to London/United Kingdom However The kdepim problem still exists The world clock widget(un)helpfully displays "Guernsey" The digital clock widget is set to "local time" and displays no location, but if I force London I get both London and Guernsey Does this indicate the existence of a (KDE?) list or dataset that isn't properly matched to the (Linux?)(master?) clock dataset?
(In reply to comment #6) > > The clock in Yast is definitely set to London/United Kingdom > Yast is not a KDE application but a Opensuse one. Only 'Systemsettings/Regional & Language/Time & Dates' will affect the KDE applications.
The system clock and system settings (as viewed through Yast or using "date" from the command line are set correctly to UTC and BST) Of course BST applies to a bigger area than London. Yast displays "London". Given that Yast is only updating system scripts, is this information stored somewhere for system wide use? Regionalisation is a KDE function. My regionalisation is set to GB, (£, ., dd/mm/yy, etc) More and more KDE applications are picking up "Guernsey" from somewhere. Where is that "somewhere? Presumably it is not the same "somewhere" that is storing "London" Is the "somewhere" external to kdepim?
apart from systemsettings/Date & Time I don't see anything that could change the default values then (I see a "Guernsey - Europe/GG" in the time zones list).
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. There is an error, looking at earlier bug reports it seems to be a carry through from KDE 3.x
Created attachment 37468 [details] Screenshot systemsettings/Date & Time screenshot
With a bit of luck I've acquired this code fragment from the world clock plasmoid. KGlobal::locale()->insertCatalog("marble"); KGlobal::locale()->insertCatalog("marble_qt"); + KGlobal::locale()->insertCatalog("timezones4"); setHasConfigurationInterface(true); setAcceptHoverEvents(true); Now, I am seriously busking here, but what's this "timezones4" thing? Is it present in the digital clock and kdepim? BTW: see also http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=77107 If someone could give me a few pointers I'm happy to carry on amateur sleuthing.
intended as helpful and hopefully relevant research for those that have a clue (as in I don't have a clue) ------------ http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-commits&m=125060206806198&w=2 M +1 -1 messages/kdelibs/timezones4.po ------------- See also http://osdir.com/ml/kde-commits/2009-07/msg09639.html http://osdir.com/ml/kde-commits/2009-07/msg09637.html
ok, two things: - The KOrganizer screenshot on the KDE forum is outdated (http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=77107#p123907). Korganizer now uses the KDE timezone (= the one set in systemsettings/Date&Time) I'm not sure if this is already the case in KDE 4.3. Allen ? - The timezones4.po file is the one that contains the translations for the time zones. Since the official KDE language is en_US, there are translations for the en_GB locale. both the stable and development branch have the appropriate string : - stable (KDE 4.3.x): http://websvn.kde.org/branches/stable/l10n-kde4/en_GB/messages/kdelibs/timezones4.po?view=markup - unstable (KDE 4.4): http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/l10n-kde4/en_GB/messages/kdelibs/timezones4.po?revision=935064&view=markup (the interesting line is #2350). - The plasma widgets can display any timezone you choose. This way, you can have two clocks displaying two different timezones.
Created attachment 37485 [details] korganizer screenshot in KDE 4.4 ok, that were 3 things :-) Here's what the KOrganizer settings will look like in KDE 4.4.
> The plasma widgets can display any timezone you > choose. This way, you can have two clocks displaying > two different timezones Thank you for taking me seriously. However the situation described above doesn't describe the problem. By default the widgets show "Guernsey". When I try to force them to show "London" I get both. It seems similar to the timezone problem in KOrganizer (which I also experience in 4.3.2) While the screenshot from the forum is out of date, the problem seems relevant.
line 2350 (London) relates to #: TIMEZONES:806 line 2307 (Guernsey) relates to #: TIMEZONES:791 From the forum example: Chicago = 160, New_York = 334 from bug #115763 Oslo = 818, Arctic/Longyearbyen = 483 So my big insight :) If it is an error it is not an offset error and my next question is what is TIMEZONES?
Other information I've found, which Ihope might be relevant or helpful http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547169 KOrganizer storing events in wrong time (timezone issue) http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481304 Wrong timezone calculation http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=474586 libkcal2b: Contains duplicate timezone info
this appears to be working in 4.4.0