KUAL DateTime Button

[knc1]

Not a clue here.

But I do notice your info block says your using 5.3.6 on your Kindle.

You might try 5.3.4 or maybe even 5.3.5 and see if the problems change or go away.

ixtab reported having files corrupted when he first tried 5.3.6 and
and I have a Kpw that was running 5.3.6 and had a corrupted screensaver file.

Corrupted enough to 'fake' a broken screen Kindle.

[hfpop]

Hello,

I installed 5.3.4 and apparently the date issue returned to normal: by default, the timezone data shows 03:00, which is normal.

Thank you.

[akikara]

Originally Posted by knc1

Set DateTime from Server
The attachments here have a *.json file that does not work with the version-2 series of the kual launcher.

This means if we have kual 2.2 can not run this extension, right? If so how to run on kual v2.2?

[JimmyR]

Originally Posted by akikara

This means if we have kual 2.2 can not run this extension, right? If so how to run on kual v2.2?

It's just a matter of removing a comma from menu.json:

 {"name": "Set DateTime from Server", "priority": 1, "action": "bin/ntpdate.sh"}, <--remove this

Open in a unix-friendly text editor and remove the comma from the end of the above line.

Or get the file from the link in the OP:
https://bitbucket.org/knc1/kualettes...7977d/ntpdate/

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Jimmy-Jim

It's just a matter of removing a comma from menu.json:

 {"name": "Set DateTime from Server", "priority": 1, "action": "bin/ntpdate.sh"}, <--remove this

Open in a unix-friendly text editor and remove the comma from the end of the above line.

Or get the file from the link in the OP:
https://bitbucket.org/knc1/kualettes...7977d/ntpdate/

Thanks.

So much nicer than just pointing the person at red sentence in first post.

[akikara]

Thanx.

[akikara]

when i click on "set datetime from server" it makes update from UK. Any ideas to change it to my own country? Turkey.

[akikara]

Originally Posted by akikara

when i click on "set datetime from server" it makes update from UK. Any ideas to change it to my own country? Turkey.

I've edited /var/local/system/tzVar to +03:00. But "set datetime from server" makes it again as UK.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by akikara

when i click on "set datetime from server" it makes update from UK. Any ideas to change it to my own country? Turkey.

GMT time is the same regardless of what country you are in.
(*nix systems run internally on GMT - if the "local" time displayed to the user is incorrect - then your time zone setting is incorrect.)

If you need less delay, then edit the list of servers being queried to include a network time protocol server closer to your location.
One reference:
http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/asia

Directions included in the first post.

[pgfiore]

I use pw1 with 5.3.4 and kual 2.5
when I use your great script the time is set 1/2hour fast... half of an hour? Also if it was about "local" time I feel time zones are 1 hour each, 24 different time zone.

I fired it few minutes before 14:00... 2pm
It also seems to set it to 2AM (more 30 minutes)

btw. if I reboot, the clock gets lost. How could it happen if it's hw set?

System time and date reset using:
it.pool.ntp.org ntp1.inrim.it ntp2.inrim.it pool.ntp.org
ntpdate message was:
11 Mar 02:28:53 ntpdate[9576]: adjust time server 193.204.114.232 offset 0.005797 sec
hardware clock reset to system time as:
Wed Mar 11 02:28:53 2015 0.000000 seconds

[knc1]

Originally Posted by pgfiore

I use pw1 with 5.3.4 and kual 2.5
when I use your great script the time is set 1/2hour fast... half of an hour? Also if it was about "local" time I feel time zones are 1 hour each, 24 different time zone.

I fired it few minutes before 14:00... 2pm
It also seems to set it to 2AM (more 30 minutes)

btw. if I reboot, the clock gets lost. How could it happen if it's hw set?

System time and date reset using:
it.pool.ntp.org ntp1.inrim.it ntp2.inrim.it pool.ntp.org
ntpdate message was:
11 Mar 02:28:53 ntpdate[9576]: adjust time server 193.204.114.232 offset 0.005797 sec
hardware clock reset to system time as:
Wed Mar 11 02:28:53 2015 0.000000 seconds

I haven't heard of that happening before.

Ah, not all time zones are 1 hour, there are some local zones that are less (for local (say, country wide) purposes).

From the message, both your software and hardware clocks are being set correctly.
The problem must be on the time display -
There have been other reports that people have had to set or re-set the time zone (display) file(s).

It is rare, I don't recall the details, but it is posted here, somewhere (maybe even in this thread).

[eschwartz]

Also as you noticed the Kindle does not have a very good hwclock on account of it not living through a reboot.

[knc1]

Is this a 3G model?
It might be getting mis-set from the 3G time signal when the 3G connects.

[pgfiore]

pw1 no 3G
"From the message, both your software and hardware clocks are being set correctly."

set correctly, but wrong time. 1/2hour fast & 1/2day slow. In fact it's AM in the example

set correctly? thinking twice, I'm in Rome gmt+1... the hwclock should be 1h slow, shouldn't?

I noted that a reboot (airplane mode, no 3g) set the clock to the correct time +2hours... that means is there a different clock other than hwclock? Since the "reboot" have to get the time from somewhere, right?
ok, it's adifferent problem; I could simply not to care about reboot, just curiosity :-)

"people have had to set or re-set the time zone (display) file(s)."
could give this a chance:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...indle+timezone

p.s. I normally use the BBB set of rules

[pgfiore]

Iran (UTC +03:30), Afghanistan (UTC +04:30), Sri Lanka (+05:30) Terranova, Canada (UTC -03:30 e UTC - 04:30).
Western Australia (UTC +08:45), Nepal (UTC+12:45), e Chatham Island (NZ) (UTC +05:45).

wow I learnt my piece of info todai ;-)