OH using wrong time zone

[andrewfg]

Problem

As mentioned in the forum post below OH v4.3.2 uses the wrong time zone on linux / openhabian installations.

Solution

The present (work around) solution is to make a manual entry in EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS. However my proposal is that openhabian should do this as part of the installation / upgrade script. Either within the existing openhabian installation / upgrade process, or via a specific new openhabian-config menu item.

https://community.openhab.org/t/oh-4-3-2-using-wrong-time-zone/162181/1

[mstormi]

Like I already also replied on the forum, that's not correct.
Note we don't know how you have setup your OS so your instance isn't representative unless you can reproduce it on a fresh install.

In fact, openHABian is adding that already:
https://github.com/openhab/openhabian/blob/main/functions/openhab.bash#L252

[andrewfg]

Mine is not a fresh install. It was working fine on OH 4.3.M2. And the openhabian upgrade to OH 4.3.2 broke it. But if you can't be bothered to take me seriously, I certainly can't be bothered to try and repeat that on a new old install.

[ecdye]

It's possible that when a user manually updates their timezone from openHABian-config we don't update the setting in the openHAB Java options.

It's also possible that the upgrade reset the configuration file and removed the timezone settings. I'm not sure if openHAB does something like that though and would have to double check.

However @mstormi is right, the system currently does set the timezone to whatever value is configured in the first boot configuration file.

@andrewfg Was there something more you are wishing to be done than that?

As a side note we do try to take all issues seriously but we just have to verify that an error happens on a fresh install otherwise it becomes to difficult for us to handle.

[mstormi]

that the upgrade reset the configuration file and removed the timezone settings.
I'm not sure if openHAB does something like that though and would have to double check

Me neither but if so it has been like that ever and you would need to complain with the distro maintainer not us
cc: @BClark09

We could re-/overwrite the EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS settings after an OH upgrade, but I'm not fully aware of side effects of doing so.
And I'm pretty sure that would in turn annoy others that have changed that setting manually.

[andrewfg]

Perhaps, as suggested, add a menu item to explicitly do it?

[andrewfg]

In case you guys missed it, it seems I am not alone..

• https://community.openhab.org/t/openhabian-update-errors/162412
• https://community.openhab.org/t/time-wrong-in-opehhab-console/162377
• https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-4-3-0-timezone-forced-to-europe-berlin-for-frontail-and-cron-astro-rules/160920
• https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-4-3-release-discussion/160888/323