UTC, local time, NTP, amarok, wtf? help please!

swooshOnLn

Here is my situation:

I use amarok to listen to mp3's, and in amarok, there is an option to use last.fm, which is in short, a way to keep track of played mp3's. However, amarok submits these mp3s with the UTC time stamp. The UTC time on my computer is 5 hours ahead of my local time. I need to change it so that my UTC time syncs up with my local time. People have suggested "emerg[ing] ntp" for help, but I cannot figure out how to use it. Can somebody please help me here? How do I change the UTC?

some helpfull stuff:

erik258 · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:34 am Post subject: just a thought

what if your system clock was in utc?

I fail to see why them being in UTC is a problem though...

swooshOnLn · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:56 am Post subject:

for instance, when I check the the last song I listend to at last.fm, it shows that I played it tomrrow. Its a pet peeve I guess, because It wasnt played tomorrow, it was played... a few secconds ago??
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pteppic · l33t Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 781

Would it alter the submitted time if you set your locale in kcontrol?

nesl247 · Veteran Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 1614 Location: Florida

Please make sure you have followed everything from: http://gentoo-wiki.com/NTP

swooshOnLn · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:22 am Post subject:

whats kcontrol? is that KDE? I am on Gnome.
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DarkMind · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:45 am Post subject:

BitJam · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:53 am Post subject:

Try changing the time zone on your last.fm settings page: http://www.last.fm:80/settings/website.php

Peregrine · n00b Joined: 16 Jun 2003 Posts: 67

For the situation you described, NTP isn't going to help you. NTP (Network Time Protocol) is a way to keep the time on your PC correctly sync'd.

UTC, also known as Coordinated Universal Time, is a seperate time zone used to ensure that computers across the world share a common time. When you have to deal with different time zones, and daylight saving time, it can be complicated to know exactly when an event happened on two seperate computers in different countries.

So basically you can't change UTC, you can change your computer to use UTC, but thats not what you want to do most likely

swooshOnLn · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:14 am Post subject:

wow, I am almost embarresd that the awnser is that simple... how could I miss that?
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dol-sen · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:18 am Post subject:

If you set your computer clock to use UTC and be set to the correct UTC time, set your timezone correctly then they should sync properly. The system should translate any UTC timestamps into the correct time for your locale. The timezone setting as mentioned in the gentoo install guide is important. It tells your system how many hours to add or subtract from UTC time to display correctly in your time. Of course if a program does not follow the correct rules, then it may not match.
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