Clock freezes after changing timezone

Bug #1244680 reported by Steve Magoun
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This bug affects 8 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
indicator-datetime (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

The time in the datetime indicator freezes when you change the timezone.

To reproduce:
1) Note the current time in the datetime indicator
2) Change the system timezone, such as by clicking a different timezone in the datetime indicator menu or changing timezone in the date/time system settings app

Expected results:
The clock in the datetime indicator updates to show the current time in the new timezone. The clock continues to function normally, updating the minutes/hours as time progresses

Actual results:
The clock in the datetime indicator freezes. It does not update to the new timezone and no longer updates the minutes/hours - it stays frozen at the time it displayed when you updated the timezone.

The system time is not affected; running 'date' from a terminal displays the correct time. The menu in the datetime indicator will display the correct time. It's just the clock in the panel that is broken.

This is 100% reproducible on my system.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: indicator-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131016.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 25 10:07:03 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-17 (1134 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: indicator-datetime
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-07 (78 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Steve Magoun (smagoun) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: rls-t-incoming
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Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote :

Marking High/Triaged since I have confirmed it and experienced it.

Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Charles Kerr (charlesk) wrote :

Could someone experiencing this issue please attach the output of "dconf dump /com/canonical/indicator/datetime/" ?

Specifically, I'm looking to see if there's any common pattern with whether or not the "Time in auto-detected location" box is checked.

Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote :

clint@clint-HP:~$ dconf dump /com/canonical/indicator/datetime/
[/]
locations=['UTC UTC', 'Pacific/Auckland Christchurch', 'Australia/Sydney Sydney', 'America/Los_Angeles Los Angeles', 'Australia/Perth Perth', 'America/Denver Fort Collins']
timezone-name='America/Los_Angeles Los Angeles'
show-locations=true

Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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