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(12.4.2-en) Time and Date in IGEL OS 12

Owned by Harald Saller
Last updated: Oct 17, 2024 by Emese Pogany
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This article shows the time and date settings options in IGEL OS.

Menu path: System > Time and Date

 

Timezone

Sets the timezone the device is located in.

 

Timezone systray settings

☑ You can set the timezone by clicking on the taskbar clock and selecting from the Timezone dropdown menu. The taskbar clock can be activated under User Interface > Desktop > Taskbar Items. (Default)

☐ The Timezone dropdown menu is not available through the taskbar clock. 

 

Use NTP time server

☑ The system clock is set via Network Time Protocol (NTP) during boot.

☐ The system clock is not set via NTP. (Default)

 

NTP time server

IP address or name of the NTP time server. If you would like to enter a list of NTP time servers for redundancy purposes, separate the names / IP addresses by spaces.

 

Manual Date and Time Configuration

Carries over the time and date and sets the hardware clock. Once the date and time is set, click Change date and time to save the change.

You can set the date by selecting from the calendar, or using the arrow keys to adjust the date.
You can set the time by typing it in, or using the arrow keys to adjust the time.


HW clock timezone

Sets the hardware clock.
Possible options:

  • Auto (default)

IGEL OS and Windows have different default time settings, IGEL OS using UTC and Windows using local time. When using IGEL UD Pocket with Windows, this would lead to Windows interpreting the real time clock as set to local time and show the wrong time. To avoid this, the Auto setting looks for Windows partitions and, if present, assume that Windows is installed and the real time clock is automatically set to local time.

 

  • UTC

  • Localtime