Changing system time

[Spooky]

Hi guys,

A noob question:-

Where/how can I change the time:-

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:16 AM. (should be 14:16)

I have tried changing the VPS server timezone and I have tried changing within vB (Date and Time Options) but cannot get it to show the correct time.

I know I can change it individually within the profile page (it then shows the wrong timezone:- All times are GMT +9. The time now is 04:16 PM.) but want it to show correctly for all users

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Spooky Reviewed by Spooky on 31st Aug 2011. Changing system time Hi guys, A noob question:- Where/how can I change the time:- All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:16 AM. (should be 14:16) I have tried changing the VPS server timezone and I have tried changing within vB (Date and Time Options) but cannot get it to show the correct time. Rating: 5

[soft2050]

You need to set Default Timezone in Date & Time settings from vbulletin Admin Cp (which you already done i guess)

Also, you need to change the time zone in user cp

To update it for everyone, execute the following command in mysql db :

UPDATE user SET timezoneoffset='youridhere';

Note: Before executing the above command, make sure to take the backup first

[Spooky]

Thanks I tried:

UPDATE user SET timezoneoffset='3';

But it just changed my timezone by +3, from GMT+1 to GMT+4

And did not address the problem correctly.

Where does vB actually take the default time from?

[DOPE]

Try this link if you have linux:
http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux

[Spooky]

Thank you m8,

Tried the steps changed the timezone to Europe/London.

Success: Wed Aug 31 10:15:55 GMT 2011

But when I tried

# /sbin/hwclock --systohc

I received the error:

hwclock is unable to get I/O port access the iopl(3) call failed.

I have created a Support Ticket to see if they can change it for me.

Again thanks.

[bluedevil]

in date and time options.. disable day light savings.

[siditto]

just goto

ACP >>settings>>options > Date and time options and set the default time zone there.
and disable day light saving.

if u are changing on server try

1 Log into your server as root or a sudo user via SSH

2 Run the following command to bring up your time zone options:

tzselect

setup stuff and zones

and then test run :

date

Regards,
SiD.