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wrong time in mail & cannot be set automatically in setup

My time cannot be set by checking the auto set and having the time set by apple. It always defaults to GMT no matter where I set the time zone.

I can set it manually, but now time stamps on my emails & reminders are wrong. I have tried reseting the NVRAM & have replaced the CR2032 battery.

Posted on Feb 6, 2013 7:47 AM

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Feb 12, 2013 10:55 AM in response to Linc Davis

Its new started a few days befroe I posted my first question. I had a failed update for my photoshop 6 & Acrobate 11 and fixing it screwed up my Aperture install. So I did a reinstall & fixed my aperture install. Also, I'm required to have automatic updates pushed to my machine using KACE. So it may be a combination of things & makes trouble shooting almost impossible. I'm going to try a completely clean install on a different parttition to be sure its not a hardware problem.

Feb 21, 2013 9:00 AM in response to Linc Davis

Nope, not really, just updates, but still happened when everything was turned off. However I found the simple solution:



Mac OS X 10.5: Incorrect time after migrating time zone from another Mac

Products Affected

Mac OS X 10.5


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Symptoms

Mac OS X may display the incorrect time when "Set date & time automatically" is enabled in the Date & Time pane of System Preferences, after using Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant to migrate time zone settings from another Mac.

The analog clock shown in the Date & Pane of System Preferences may temporarily display the correct time after selecting the correct time zone, but the time zone selected will not be retained after quitting System Preferences.

Resolution

  1. If the Date & Time preferences window is open, close it.
  2. From the Go menu choose Go to Folder.
  3. Type or paste the following location, then click Go.

    /private/etc/

  4. Delete the folder named "localtime".
  5. Enter your admin password if prompted.
  6. Select the correct time zone in the Time Zone tab of Date & Time preferences.

Additional Information

When no time zone is selected, the time displayed in Mac OS X will be in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), except for the World Clock widget in Dashboard which will display the correct time for the city shown on the widget.

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