indicator-datetime-service devours memory rendering system useless

[Krister Swenson]

Upon upgrading to 16.10, yakkety yak, I cannot load Unity because the indicator-datetime-service devours memory at an incredible pace before being automatically killed, and restarting to devour all over again!

The workaround I found is to open a virtual terminal <Ctrl><Alt><F1> and then log into unity while quickly switching back to the the F1 terminal. I then repeatedly do "killall -KILL indicator-datetime-service" until it stops coming back.

This is a major bug in that it renders the entire system unusable. It happened on both my laptop and my desktop after upgrade to 16.10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: indicator-datetime 15.10+16.10.20160820.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Oct 17 11:02:54 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-13 (735 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140923)
SourcePackage: indicator-datetime
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-14 (2 days ago)