[SOLVED] Re: Firefox and Time Zones
On 8/8/07, Andrew J. Barr <andrew.james.barr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am suffering from a frustrating issue with Iceweasel (2.0.0.6,
> Debian unstable amd64).
>
> I have a LiveJournal, and the post form has date and time fields on
> it. These are automatically filled in with the current date and time,
> using JavaScript. Problem is, Firefox thinks the time is four hours
> later than it really is (basically it's displaying time in UTC).
> Visiting a JavaScript tutorial page that displays the date and time
> has confirmed this is not an LJ-specific bug. My time zone is
> currently EDT -0400. Right now, the local time is 5:24 PM (17:24). But
> according to Firefox, it is 9:24 PM (21:24). The 'date' command
> displays the correct time and time zone, and so does the clock applet
> in gnome-panel.
False alarm folks.
The problem was with 32-bit Iceweasel in a chroot, where the time zone
was not correctly configured.
Hopefully this helps any one else who has a 32-bit chroot.
--
Andrew Barr
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your economic theory makes no sense...
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