Why is it so hard to change the time?

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Why is it so hard to change the time in Fedora 18? I'm running the official KDE remix. When I go to adjust date and time, I select the Public time server and then I go to Time zone to select Eastern. I Click OK and it says "Unable to contact time server: Public Time Server (pool.ntp.org)." I click OK, then it gives me this error: "Error setting new time zone." What? LOL. I've spent 2 hours googleing this with no luck. Ideas? Thanks Guys.

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Talk about wasting your time!

Can you tell it to stop setting the time automatically before you change it yourself?

Yeah I can do it like that. It still gives me that stupid Time Zone message though. I just can't sync with the fedora time servers. And yeah, I'm board right now. lol!

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Its a bug and has been reported

http://forums.fedora...468#post1628468

That's the problem I'm experienceing. It never occured to me to check the bug wikis. I see you're a Fedora user yourself. Do you have this issue on Gnome 3? Should I still try useing uk.pool.ntp.org despite this bug? Thanks Haggis!! :)

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I'm pretty sure I just fixed it! Under Fedora Menu, Click "Administration" > Set time and date. It will ask you for your password. Change it to your liking and Reboot. Should be fixed. I also did a slew of updates (It was up to date last night--these are new), so whatever fixed it, IDK but it works. :) Thanks everybody!

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I did my updates and all was fine but maybe mine included the new ones you mentioned

i also got a Kernel update

Same here. :) Thanks for your help. :)

likely a permissions issue (ie your user is not allowed default time operations). However I will say in my Arch installs the date and time always cause me the most headaches.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Thanks! :)

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