[X4U] Clock problem

[John Baltutis]

On 07/14/07, Thomas W Noel <tnoel at mac.com> wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2007, at 11:51 PM, Ronald Steinke wrote:
>> On 13 Jul, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Thomas Noel wrote:
>>
>>> Cannot reset to correct in Date and Time with check in Set date &
>>> time automatically. Cannot choose another time zone, and no cities
>>> are in the drop-down list of closest cities. MoBo battery is fresh.
>>
>> Have you attempted to remove the check in the "set time and date
>> automatically" box and then reset to the correct time?
>>
>> When the drive was formatted and the OS installed, was an incorrect
>> time zone selected in error and not seen and corrected? During the
>> installation process, you are asked to enter your time zone, if you
>> do not enter your correct zone, you get stuck with whatever zone
>> was highlighted on the list at the time of the installation
>> configuration. That becomes your default "automatic" time zone and
>> it will remain until you deselect the automatic choice for that drive.
>
> Yes, I tried resetting the time manually with the check removed, but
> the error would return when the check was restored.  I need the auto
> setting to synchronize all machines to the same time server.
>
> The system on this drive has been in use for quite some time (thru
> 10.4.3-10.4.10 upgrades). Problem is new.
>
> I believe your assumption of immutability of default time zone is
> wrong. I purchase laptops and configure them with all West Coast
> settings, then reset time zone to desired destination, including
> check of auto function, before shipping to end client, and no such
> problems are observed.
>
> I still don't know where the preference for time zone gets stored,
> but the problem must have been a corrupted file (perhaps the
> preference pane itself?). The problem was solved by running the
> ComboUpdater 10.4.10 to that drive.

In the Terminal.app, type this: defaults read
/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences for the global settings for the
machine. See the manpage for defaults to get more details. The easiest way to
change it is to use the XCode Tools app, Property List Editor, if you can't
change them via the System Prefs.

And, this for the logged-in user account: defaults read -g