How to set the time zone?

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How to set the time zone?

I took a trip and the MacBook shows the wrong time. How do I change it? If I click the date-time in upper right corner the widgets come out, it doesn't have time options like it used to. I went to Date and Time preferences but there is no setting for the time zone like it used to have. Even the Closest City menu only shows locations in the wrong time zone. I tried "Automatically" and "using current location" but it doesn't do anything. All I want to do is change my time zone from Pacific to Mountain.

Posted on Oct 31, 2023 12:23 PM

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Answer 1

Gnarlodious Author

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Oct 31, 2023 7:48 PM in response to Randall_2023

sudo systemsetup -settimezone America/Denver

2023-10-31 20:48:01.624 systemsetup[28177:2544952] ### Error:-99 File:/AppleInternal/Library/BuildRoots/d9889869-120b-11ee-b796-7a03568b17ac/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/Admin/InternetServices.m Line:379

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Answer 2

Oct 31, 2023 4:40 PM in response to Gnarlodious

So another way is to use Terminal to set the timezone.

To see what timezones are available type:

sudo systemsetup -listtimezones

To set the timezone type:

sudo systemsetup -settimezone timezone

Change the word timezone to one you want that shows in the list.

Also....to attempt to fix the greyed out problem, try booting into safemode

then log back in to normal and test it out again.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support (English)

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Answer 3

Nov 1, 2023 6:22 AM in response to Gnarlodious

Have you updated to the latest Ventura of 13.6.1? If not, try that. If you already have, try a safe boot then after which, reboot into normal and test again.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support (English)

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