[datetime] Standard alarms are not work correctly for Timers, after timezone/DST change
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canonical System Image |
Incomplete
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Timer |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu Clock App |
Incomplete
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
indicator-datetime (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Standard alarms will not work correctly after changing timezone and during DST change.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install Timer from Store: https:/
2. Set timer to 5 minutes
3. Open Clock app. Look for alarm, and notice that alarm is correctly set
3. Switch to System Settings -> Time & Date -> Time zone:
4. Change Time zone to something different (eg. New York). (Or wait for DST change: https:/
Expected behaviour:
- timer ringing as expected after timezone/DST change
Current behaviour:
- alarm is not ringing. (you could check active alarms in "Ubuntu Clock app)
Proposal solution:
- introduce new type of alarms, which is based on UTC (https:/
- This alatms will not be visible in applications which is using standard alarms (Ubuntu Clock, Ubuntu Calendar etc.)
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Standard alarms will not work correctly after changing timezone and - during DST change + Standard alarms will not work correctly for Timers, after timezone/DST + change |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-clock-app (Ubuntu) |
summary: |
- Standard alarms will not work correctly for Timers, after timezone/DST - change + [datetime] Standard alarms will not work correctly for Timers, after + timezone/DST change |
Changed in ubuntu-clock-app: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
importance: | High → Medium |
status: | New → Incomplete |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- [datetime] Standard alarms will not work correctly for Timers, after + [datetime] Standard alarms are not work correctly for Timers, after timezone/DST change |
Changed in timer: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.