Kubuntu 14.04 clock showing only UTC despite correct timezone

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My panel clock is showing time in UTC. This is recent behavior, and I believe it is a recent regression, but I'm not 100% sure so I'm posing this as a question first.

Here's a screenshot of the clock in the panel, along with the clock settings.

Here's the output of 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' after taking the settings I had already selected:

Current default time zone: 'America/Los_Angeles'
Local time is now:      Thu Aug 27 11:51:33 PDT 2015.
Universal Time is now:  Thu Aug 27 18:51:33 UTC 2015.

It looks to my like my timezone is set correctly, but my panel clock is not.

Also, to reiterate, this is a new issue; my panel clock had been showing the correct time until this week.

Anyone know how to fix this issue? Is it a known bug?

Edit: I think this screenshot better shows the issue. The clock knows both the correct PST time and the correct UTC time and it knows which one I am. It's just displaying the wrong one.

Is this a dual boot Windows-Kubuntu machine? If so, the problem is known. See https://askubuntu.com/questions/169376/clock-time-is-off-on-dual-boot — user68186, Aug 27 '15 at 18:58
This is a virtualbox system, but I don't think that has anything to do with it. 1. I just tried the UTC=no fix, no change. 2. Virtualbox has correctly set "Hardware clock is UTC" 3. Note that the panel clock *knows* it is displaying UTC. The timezone is shown in the screenshot. The problem isn't what time the system thinks it is; the problem is what timezone is being displayed. — Cory, Aug 27 '15 at 23:06
Check this link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/3375/how-to-change-time-zone-settings-from-the-command-line — Karlos, Sep 11 '15 at 05:26
Are you sure that clock at the machine in question runs correctly? Ī̲ don’t ask about time zones, Ī̲ ask about (absolute) time. — Incnis Mrsi, Sep 11 '15 at 18:57
@IncnisMrsi I don't understand the question--those were the correct times when I took those screenshots. It's displaying the UTC time in the taskbar instead of PST. — Cory, Sep 11 '15 at 19:06
@karlos I literally posted the output of dpkg-reconfigure tzdata in the description above. — Cory, Sep 11 '15 at 19:06
Analysis of http://askubuntu.com/revisions/666552/3 , including its source (that features a "2015-09-08 20:45:40Z" label), suggests that the machine knows UTC time correctly. — Incnis Mrsi, Sep 11 '15 at 19:24
@IncnisMrsi yes, that's what's so weird. It has the correct UTC time; it knows I'm in PST; it insists on displaying UTC. Here's the output you asked for: `% date Fri Sep 11 15:12:32 PDT 2015` (This is the correct current local time. This bug is only with the panel clock!) — Cory, Sep 11 '15 at 22:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 22 '20 at 14:30

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Right click on the widget and select Digital Clock Settings > Time Zones and make a selection in Clock defaults to.

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answered Sep 12 '15 at 23:09

This appears to be the correct way to change the setting I changed manually in the config file. Thanks! – Cory Sep 14 '15 at 17:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 22 '20 at 14:29

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In the end I got desperate and just grepped for UTC in my home directory. So I discovered ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc

This config file, for me, contained these two lines:

timezone=UTC
timeZones=UTC

Removing these lines and logging out and back in fixed the problem.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '16 at 14:18

This hit me over the weekend - Friday afternoon, it showed the correct time; Monday morning, it showed UTC.

I fixed it by right clicking the time, selecting "Digital Clock Settings", then checking "Show time zone" and clicking "Apply".

The "Show time zone" check box was unchecked when I looked at the settings - I don't know if it was checked before or not.

Kubuntu 14.04 clock showing only UTC despite correct timezone

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