From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu May 16 07:13:55 2019 Received: (at 35746) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 May 2019 11:13:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54444 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hREKh-0001IP-Bi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2019 07:13:55 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45594) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hREKf-0001ID-SY for 35746@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2019 07:13:54 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47809) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hREKa-00024V-Om; Thu, 16 May 2019 07:13:48 -0400 Received: from [2001:660:6102:320:e120:2c8f:8909:cdfe] (port=40972 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hREKZ-0001SJ-PR; Thu, 16 May 2019 07:13:48 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Ben Sturmfels Subject: Re: bug#35746: Evolution calendar gets the timezone wrong References: <8736lfrh6y.fsf@sturm.com.au> Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 13:13:46 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8736lfrh6y.fsf@sturm.com.au> (Ben Sturmfels's message of "Wed, 15 May 2019 23:16:37 +1000") Message-ID: <87y336hct1.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 35746 Cc: 35746@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi Ben, Ben Sturmfels skribis: > In Evolution though, all my calendar events show up in UTC time, so I > have appointments showing up at eg. 1am. > > When I go to Edit, Preferences, Calendar and Task, General, under > timezone it says: > > [x] Use system time (UTC) Could you figure out how Evolution determines what the current time zone is? Guix provides /etc/localtime, which is what libc functions use, but I=E2=80= =99m guessing Evolution uses a custom framework, possibly involving a hard-to-believe network of D-Bus services. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.