Timezone Issue

PeteAklNZ · March 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM

I am running version 12.0.2 architecture RK3399.aarch64 on a X99 tv box purchased from AliExpress.

I seeking input on an issue I have: I have set a timezone in Kodi's Settings/Interface to Pacific/Auckland but this does not seem to be reflected in the underlying Linux OS - ie specifically for cron jobs.

Here is further info:

Contents of guisettings.xml:
<setting id="locale.language" default="true">resource.language.en_gb</setting>
<setting id="locale.charset" default="true">DEFAULT</setting>
<setting id="locale.keyboardlayouts" default="true">English QWERTY</setting>
<setting id="locale.activekeyboardlayout" default="true">English QWERTY</setting>
<setting id="locale.country">Australia (24h)</setting>
<setting id="locale.timezonecountry">New Zealand</setting>
<setting id="locale.timezone">Pacific/Auckland</setting>
<setting id="locale.shortdateformat" default="true">regional</setting>
<setting id="locale.longdateformat" default="true">regional</setting>
<setting id="locale.timeformat" default="true">regional</setting>
<setting id="locale.use24hourclock" default="true">regional</setting>
<setting id="locale.temperatureunit" default="true">regional</setting>
<setting id="locale.speedunit" default="true">regional</setting>

From SSH session:
X99:~ # date
Sun Mar 23 21:14:13 UTC 2025

Local time was 13 hours later than this

Any help on this issue would be much appreciated - so thanks in advance.

Peter

**chewitt** · March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM

What does cat .cache/timezone show?

PeteAklNZ · March 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM

X99:~ # cat .cache/timezone
cat: can't open '.cache/timezone': No
such file or directory

**chewitt** · March 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM

I'm not sure why it's not working in LE12, but it isn't, and we're unlikely to release more LE12 maintenance updates, so:

Kodi 22 (Piers) removes support for setting the timezone from within Kodi (as this is an OS function) so LE13 nightly images now set timezone from the LE settings add-on, and this definitely works. So the workaround is to update to an LE13 nightly.

PeteAklNZ · March 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM

Ok, thank you for that. I'm away from home for a week, having a brief holiday. I'll try an LE13 nightly as you suggest when I'm home.

Grasshopper · March 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM

FYI, timezone works in 12.0.2 on rpi4.

If I use cat .cache/timezone it shows same error of no file or directory but if I use cat /storage/.cache/timezone in gives output of timezone.

**mglae** · March 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM Best Answer

Timzone is usually working but there is already a similar LE13 report of not writing the file. It is odd that the C++ code of LE12 cause the same issue as Python of LE13 but I cannot reproduce the issue.

PeteAklNZ Easiest work around is echo TIMEZONE=Pacific/Auckland >/storage/.cache/timezone and reboot.

PeteAklNZ · March 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Thnak you, that appears to fix the issue. Is this something I need to do only once, or each time I reboot?

**Da Flex** · March 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM

Works on every boot/reboot now. It's a cache folder, so don't delete it.

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