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Q: iCal - Right TZ, Right event times, wrong time shown

Hi All,

 

Need some help if possible please.

 

I am struggling to get my iCal working correctly after the summertime change recently.

 

Steps taken:-

 

Go into iCal Prefs and set 'Turn on TZ Support'

Select :- London - United Kingdom and that sets it to British Summer Time.. All good so far.

 

Events in my Cal are showing correct time, but the actual time bar is an hour too fast, (At time of writing the time is 16:07 BST), time bar on the cal says 17:07.

 

If I set the TZ to GMT, I get the correct time but my events are all an hour out.

 

So, checking my system clock, I go in and set the time manually to the correct time (which it is). The TZ is correct, BST and my current location in the UK. I then set to automatically using my current location and the same.

 

I do not sync with iCloud so that isn't an issue and my iPhone is actually showing my cal events and time correctly.

 

Any ideas and thanks?

 

Tim

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 29, 2016 8:12 AM

by Ferd II,Apple recommended
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A:

timfromfleet wrote:

 

Thoughts?

 

Thanks

 

Tim

Just two thoughts.

 

1. Set "Time Zone" automatically...and/or...

2. Go to iCloud.com, login, select Calendar, click on (Gear Icon)>Preferences...>Advanced>Time Zone, and see if that setting has any effect.

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Posted on Mar 30, 2016 10:58 AM

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Q: iCal - Right TZ, Right event times, wrong time shown

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  • by timfromfleet,

    timfromfleet timfromfleet Mar 29, 2016 1:59 PM in response to timfromfleet
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    Mar 29, 2016 1:59 PM in response to timfromfleet

    OK, so a little more on this.

     

    If I run the following I get this after I turned off the network time.

     

    root# systemsetup -settime 21:47:00

    Set Time: 21:47:00

    root# date

    Tue Mar 29 21:47:21 BST 2016

    Which is correct and I now have the time in BST and my iCal now shows the correct timeline and events are correct however, my system time is an hour slow and changing this to the correct time then throws everything out. So there is a correlation between the system clock (at the top and changed using date and Time), and any changes I make from the CLI.

     

    Screen Shot 2016-03-29 at 20.55.22.png

     

     

    Am I really being stupid here or am I missing something. I would expect the system clock to override in this instance.

     

    Thoughts?

     

    Thanks

     

    Tim

  • by Ferd II,Apple recommended

    Ferd II Ferd II Mar 30, 2016 10:58 AM in response to timfromfleet
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    Mar 30, 2016 10:58 AM in response to timfromfleet

    timfromfleet wrote:

     

    Thoughts?

     

    Thanks

     

    Tim

    Just two thoughts.

     

    1. Set "Time Zone" automatically...and/or...

    2. Go to iCloud.com, login, select Calendar, click on (Gear Icon)>Preferences...>Advanced>Time Zone, and see if that setting has any effect.

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