Questions tagged [time-zones]
issues with time zones
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How can I update the timezone database on an Android 10 phone?
TL;DR: is it possible to manually force an update of the time-zone database on a reasonably modern Android phone?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+, running Android 10, and one of the things that lives on ...
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Set Timezone to UTC-12
How can I set the timezone to UTC-12?
I searched the regions and timezones supplied, but didn't find any TZ with UTC-12. Is there any possibility to set it by fiddling with configuration files?
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Update time zone rules on LineageOS 18.1
I have a Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite on which I have installed LineageOS 18.1. The time zone rules changed in my country this year.
I've tried a lot of things to fix it; like taking the tzdata and tz-version ...
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Firefox for Android: How to specify timezone ≠ UTC with `privacy.resistFingerprinting=true`?
I use Firefox for Android (Mull). I have "resist fingerprinting" (privacy.resistFingerprinting in about:config) enabled. That results in Firefox being forced to report its time in UTC to ...
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How can I set my device to display time in UTC?
I want to try thinking in UTC instead of my local time. There is no UTC region and no UTC time zone under the United States region.
How can I set my device so it always displays the time in UTC ...
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Custom Timezones in Android
Is it possible to set the timezone of an android device (either a physical device or and emulator) to a timezone that doesn't actually exist (for instance, GMT+00:03 or GMT-500:00)? I tried reading ...
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Display two clocks in two different time zones in the notification bar
How can I display two clocks in two different time zones in the notification bar? By default, only one time is displayed at the top left of the screen.
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Timezone is not updating with WiFi and ethernet network in Android
I am working with Android AOSP. When I connect my Android device with cellular network, then the timezone is updating (if I enable the "auto-update time zone" option). But if I connect my ...
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How can one change the timezone of Gmail (Android application)?
How can one change the timezone of Gmail (Android application)?
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Where can I change the timezone in Microsoft Outlook for Android?
Where can I change the timezone in Microsoft Outlook for Android?
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Why Were My Timezone Definitions Updated?
I just got this update notification
Update time zones
New time zone definitions are available. Time zones will be updated the next time your phone restarts.
Did any real time zones actually change ...
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How to sync times of two devices with Android NTP?
We have 2 android devices running same application that users see their GUI. Time synchronization is curicial for us. To make them have same time we have the settings as below.
Use these commands in ...
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Time zone keeps changing wildly
Or at least I think that's the problem. For weeks now the time on my Pixel has been popping all over the place, without me intervening, always off by exactly one or more hours in either direction. For ...
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How to fix incorrect GPS time in Summer time (Daylight saving time)?
I live in the south of Brazil. At this time of year is in daylight saving time, where the time zone goes from -03 GMT to -02 GMT. The hour of my MOTO C PLUS (Android 7.0) has changed automatically to ...
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My timezone always back to China
I have a Sony xperia c6 ultra.
I'm tring to set my timezone (and date/time) to automatic (via GPS and network).
I can change all this setting and can see the clock on top changing too. but when I ...
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How do I set the Home Time Zone that shows up on the Dual Clock?
I'm currently traveling with my phone, and my lock screen shows a dual clock with Roaming and Home times. Which is very useful! Except the Home time is actually from the timezone I originally ...
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Display multiple clocks from multiple timezones on a Nexus 5X lock screen
I would like to display multiple clocks on my Nexus 5X running Android 7. I selected multiple cities like explanied here but it doesn't really work.
It should look like this:
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Change Settings.Global.AUTO_TIME to always be 1
I want my android apps to believe that Automatic Time Zone is set to ON even though it actually is not. I read that Automatic Time Zone is detected using Settings.Global.AUTO_TIME variable, which ...
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How do I get my dual clock back on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge on Android 6?
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge on Android 6.0.1 (Build Number MMB29K.G935FXXU1APGO). So I have a relative who's spending some time on the other side of the planet (Japan). To facilitate ...
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International Time Zones Are Wrong in Clock App
Since Android's integrated Clock app does not offer to select time zones, I decided to find location reflecting time zones I need - EST, CST and MST
For EST (-5 UTC ) I chose Tampa but for CST (-6 ...
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__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_DATA not set!
When running commands like date or ls -l I always get a multiple repetition of the following lines to the standard error:
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_DATA not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ...
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Phone changes timezone itself
My phone is Huawei LUA-L21, here's the log from logcat:
D/WifiStateMachine( 876): onReceive, action:mediatek.intent.action.LOCATED_PLMN_CHANGED
E/WifiStateMachine( 876): InitialState (when=-1ms ...
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How do I disable Daylight Saving Time (DST)?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S6. This year, I'm doing an experiment wherein I do not participate in Daylight Saving Time (DST). However, my phone automatically adjusts itself for DST.
How do I disable this?...
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Alarm with time zone
The stock alarm clock only allows specifying times in the local time zone.
However, I often travel across time zones, and I need a couple of alarms to happen at a given (absolute) time, regardless of ...
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Android storage with UTC timestamps?
I would like to use UTC timestamps on the FAT partition on my Android phone.
Reason:
When one moves files from an Android phone to a Linux desktop, one gets wrong timestamps for files which were ...
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Problems with time zones on a Micromax unite 3 with Lollipop
My timezone is GMT +5:30 but it always changes it to GMT +2:00. Please help me fix this problem. This made me miss an important meeting.
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How to update timezone data?
As you might listened, Russian government loves to change the law about timezones in Russia every couple of years. It causes situation when one year we have daylight savings time, but another year we ...
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Wrong time of photo on Nexus 4
After I took a photo with my Nexus 4, I clicked "Details" and found out the taken day and time are wrong. Such as, it should be "Feb 25, 2015 6:50PM", but it shows "Feb 26, 2015 12:50:13AM". How ...
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Can I see business hours in my local timezone on Google Now and Maps?
It would be useful to have a business's hours displayed in both the business's timezone and my own. As of now, search results only shows the time in the business's timezone, forcing me to convert ...
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Moto E changes to wrong time or wrong time zone
My dad is using a Motorola Moto E, running Android 4.4.4 (not rooted).
He has noticed that it frequently displays the wrong time or date. Sometimes this is just the wrong time zone, other times it is ...
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Android's Daylight Savings Time change messes up recurring events. How can I deal?
I've had this issue for a while now: Whenever the Daylight Savings time change occurs, Android takes it upon itself to adjust all my reminders forward or backwards one hour-- this happens in the stock ...
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How to set App Specific Timezones
So I downloaded a new app, but it only works for US Timezones. I live in the UK, and I don't want to either keep my phone on US Timezones or switch it every time I want to use it. I have an Android, ...
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Does Android (4.0 +) automatically sense what time zone the device is in and change the time display accordingly?
The title pretty much states my question but mainly I want to know if I say hope a flight in NY to California will android pick up on the time difference between the time zones? Or do I Manually need ...
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Time zone automatically reset
When I set an event in the S Planner under Pacific Time (GMT -7) and then later try to edit it, the event opens under London/Dublin (GMT +1). How can I fix this? I have set the time zone to Pacific.
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What happens when a country changes its DST schedule?
What happens when a country changes its DST schedule? For example, Israel has just lengthened its Daylight Savings Time by a month. It seems like no firmware update was issued by Google for this. How ...
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Samsung Galaxy S4 S Planner events have different timezones
Device: Samsung Galaxy S4
In the S Planner, the events have two time zones in their Detail view; e.g. GMT+3 and UTC.
I would only like to see only my local time zone. Is there a setting for that? ...
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Set the calendar display to the correct timezone on Samsung Galaxy Nexus
How do I set the calendar display to the correct timezone on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone?
For instance, editing of a calendar entry shows 14:00 [Montreal time], but the event display time in the ...
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How to re-arrange images in gallery after changing the GMT time zone?
I travel to another country and take photos for a few days. After that I change the tike zone of my phone.
Since then, photos in my gallery are mixed up!?
I open the DCIM folder and see that the ...
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How to add timezone to world clock when you don't know the city?
Using the stock clock in Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) on my Nexus 4, I can add world clocks for other cities around the world by scrolling through the long list of available cities (in alphabetical ...
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How do I set the correct time zone on my Nexus 4?
I just purchased a Nexus 4.
I'm perplexed, however, in that it thinks that I am in the Central timezone when I'm actually in the Eastern timezone.
The Clock application that came with the phone has ...
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Why didn't my Android auto adjust to daylight saving time and how to fix it?
My Galaxy Nexus, Jelly Bean, was set to Automatic Date & Time, Automatic Time Zone, and the correct Time Zone was shown: "GMT -03:00, Brasilia Time". Here in Brazil Daylight Saving Time begins ...
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Disable GPS time synchronization
I live in Kiev, Ukraine. My device is Motorola Defy with CyanogenMod 7 (2.3.7). In time settings there's no Ukraine timezone so I use Minsk, Belarus timezone (GMT +3). After I locate my position using ...
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World clock on lock screen
Did anyone meet an app to show the time in several timezones on the lock screen?
Android 2.3.4, Xperia Pro
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Is there a alarm clock app that uses UTC time? [closed]
Is there a alarm clock app that uses UTC instead of local timezone?
The reason I ask is that I am tired of this daylight savings time idea, so my plan is to set 1 time in a non DST timezone like UTC ...
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Will Android shift Google Calendar events when I go to different time zones?
I'm entering a bunch of events into my Google Calendar on the web interface and am wondering if I should do them all in local time or select the proper timezone.
If I explicitly pick a timezone (e.g. ...
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How can I fix this time-zone problem with calendar events that started after installing Android 2.3?
I'm using a Nexus One on T-Mobile in the US. A couple months ago my OS was updated to Android 2.3. Since then I've had a weird problem with my calendar events.
I can view calendar events just fine, ...
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How do I change the time zone (which is disabled) in Honeycomb on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?
When I first turned on my Galaxy Tab 10.1, I told it to automatically set the time. Unfortunately now the time zone is set to GMT+00:00 in the Date & time settings, and is disabled (so I can't ...
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How can I configure time zones on my Galaxy S?
Yesterday I got a meeting email which I read on my SGS GT-I9000, which showed the time as:
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:30 AM-9:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
But when I checked ...
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