RDS
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BST Clock Changing

Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:00 am

I have a Pi running continuously but I noticed that the time has not gone forward by an hour overnight. I don't really want to stop the program that is running but is there something that I should have done to ensure it picks up BST time changes or does that only happen if the system is rebooted.

fruitoftheloom
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Re: BST Clock Changing

Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:12 am

RDS wrote:I have a Pi running continuously but I noticed that the time has not gone forward by an hour overnight. I don't really want to stop the program that is running but is there something that I should have done to ensure it picks up BST time changes or does that only happen if the system is rebooted.

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sudo raspi-config
Check the TimeZone etcetera settings are correct under Internationalisation Options, changes will need a reboot...
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DirkS
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Re: BST Clock Changing

Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:25 am

I think it should have picked it up if the TZ was set correctly.
I checked my Pi and one of them was not correct. I'm fairly sure I did not change the TZ on that one.
I ran raspi-config and set it to Europe / London and it was changed without reboot.

RDS
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Re: BST Clock Changing

Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:21 pm

@fruitoftheloom
Thank you. I have run that and set to Europe/London rebooted and it now shows correct time.

@DirkS
Thanks but I had to reboot mine to get it to show the correct time.

I will check my other 2 Pi's next time they are running.

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