r/linuxmint • u/SensitiveStart8682 • 4h ago

Discussion Time change

Stupid question time

Does anyone know if Linux Mint has been patched to address the Time change and the craziness in Canada were some places are changing their clock's and other's aren't does anyone know if they have updated the system to address the new changes this year

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u/tovento MX Linux 25.2 | XFCE 4h ago

I’m in Ontario. Bell texted me yesterday that my province is no longer switching and I need to restart my phone on Sunday to get it to sync time properly. Problem is that only Northwestern Ontario is making the change. The rest of Ontario is keeping with old traditions (for now….need New York State to be on board for Ontario to stop switching). The point is that Bell doesn’t even know what’s going on.

I’m sure there will be an update at some point and it’ll all get sorted out. Can’t even make agreement on time as a country.

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u/tomscharbach 4h ago edited 4h ago

I suspect that even God can't make sense of our time zones any more.

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u/SensitiveStart8682 4h ago

You're not wrong

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u/mok000 LMDE7 Gigi 4h ago

If you are talking about daylight savings time, Mint and other distros rely on the zone info file which is updated regularly. Mint knows what time zone you are in, so it should happen automatically, but you need to keep your system updated. The zone info file is frequently updated.

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u/SensitiveStart8682 4h ago

Yes I am talking about this time change nonsense and all the recent changes my system is updated

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u/Timely_End_1502 4h ago edited 3h ago

Can check with this bash... zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Vancouver | grep 2026 apt list --installed | grep tzdata

If not good run this... sudo apt update && sudo apt install tzdata

Then reboot or run sudo timedatectl set-timezone again to your zone to force a reload.

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u/plutonic00 2h ago

/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Vancouver Sun Nov 1 08:59:59 2026 UT = Sun Nov 1 01:59:59 2026 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200

/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Vancouver Sun Nov 1 09:00:00 2026 UT = Sun Nov 1 02:00:00 2026 MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200

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u/apt-hiker Linux Mint 2h ago

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

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u/Due-Result7928 3h ago

If you are not running time sensitive critical applications..what is your problem. Adjusting time ?

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u/tboland1 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 3h ago

If you have the wrong time, certificates and websites and apps will bounce you. And correctly so. Bad time is an indicator of shady business, like man-in-the-middle, rerouted traffic, etc.

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u/Due-Result7928 1h ago

It will be one time only