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Time zone

hojanhojan Member
in Questions & Help
Hi,

is there a place (other than the location) where you can set a time zone?
For some reason, homey won't start flows that are triggered by the sunset start time or other time,

When I say: "Ok Homey, what's the time", homey tells me that the time is actually 2 hours earlier (so in my case GMT -1 instead of GMT +1).

Anyone an idea?

Cheers,
Johan

Comments

  • ArdArd Member
    Same here
  • ThijsDeJongThijsDeJong Member
    had the same problem,
    Set the location, reset Homey, wait a while / night and presto there it was..
  • CivilNLCivilNL Member
    Same problem here.

    Yesterday the time was 2 hours off. Today after setting the location manualy (no real change) and 2 restarts the problem still exists.
  • ThijsDeJongThijsDeJong Member
    I had to wait a night and then... It was oke
  • hojanhojan Member
    Had the same issue yesterday, so that didn't work for me.
  • AppieAppie Member
    edited April 2016
    Same here, just did manually pinpoint my location and now rebooting...

    <update> Still 2 hours off. </update>
  • cjvscjvs Member
    Had the same issue, left it on automatic location detection, and time was OK after a reboot (on 0.8.30)
  • CivilNLCivilNL Member
    edited April 2016
    I have set location to automatic again two days ago. Still the date is two hours off.

    2016-04-22T06:45:13.071Z

    Real time is 8:45

    I'm on Homey Firmware Version: 0.8.29
  • bvdbosbvdbos Member
    Z = zulu-time (UTC) so the time it's showing is correct...
  • aloftaloft Member
    I think question (and answer) should be in the FAQ ;-)   Or an extra explanation in the 'show stuff for geeks'.  "Zulu" is not a well known abbreviation for UTC timezone outside of the military and pilots. 
  • DaneeDeKruyffDaneeDeKruyff Member

    It should be clear when looking at that time in homey itself that the time shown there may not be your local time. Such simple things should not force a user to consult other information sources then homey itself.

  • b.cleveringb.clevering Member
    Seems to be wrong somewhere in the system??
    look at the picture below pulled from the system settings:
  • MatjaLipuMatjaLipu Member
    this is geek stuff section.
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toISOString
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
  • AmelsfortAmelsfort Member
    edited December 2016
    I just found out my Homey was one hour off, so I checked the geek section. There I noticed no timezone was specified! Even after a reboot, Homey didn't show me a timezone and the time was still one hour off.

    [update]
    I just noticed when I set my location to auto, the timezone is correct! And it stays that way when I switch back to manual location.
  • GeurtDijkerGeurtDijker Member
    Know issue after the upgrade:
    https://github.com/athombv/homey/issues/1081

  • mekenmeken Member
    Just to let everyone know. I got my Homey last week and noticed the time was off by one hour. The automatic location in the settings was correct. So, when I read this thread I decided to manually set my location and reboot Homey. And sure enough, now the time is correct.
    I know someone else who just got his Homey and had the exact same problem. I would say this needs some investigation, as it's not a good out-of-the-box experience when you create your first Alarm after just installing your Homey and you wonder why it doesn't work (because of the one hour difference of course).
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