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- | =====Timezone===== | + | ====== Timezone |
- | By default, Batocera is configured for Central European Time (CET) timezone. | + | By default, Batocera is configured for Central European Time (CET) timezone. |
- | system.timezone=America/ | + | |
+ | In Batocera **v31** and higher, you can select your own timezone from the menu **SYSTEM SETTINGS** -> **TIMEZONE**. From the same menu, you can also toggle the clock to 12-hour format if desired. | ||
- | To list all the suitable timezones and select yours, you can [[access_the_batocera_via_ssh|connect to your Batocera system]] and type: | + | ==== Older versions of Batocera ==== |
+ | |||
+ | To adapt to your local time zone, you need to edit ''/ | ||
+ | system.timezone=America/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | To list all the group names of the available timezone, [[:access_the_batocera_via_ssh|from SSH/ | ||
# ls / | # ls / | ||
- | This command returns several directories (each one being a group of time zones). | + | This command returns several directories (each one being a group of time zones). |
- | # ls / | + | # ls / |
+ | |||
+ | These instructions are still valid for Batocera **v31** and higher, if you need to change them manually. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Troubleshooting ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Batocera keeps resetting my clock whenever I boot back into Windows! ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is not actually Batocera, [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Fix this in Windows manually === | ||
+ | |||
+ | The fix for this on Windows (summarized from the [[https:// | ||
+ | - Hit '' | ||
+ | - Make a backup by going to **File** -> **Export...** | ||
+ | - Navigate to '' | ||
+ | - Add a '' | ||
+ | For 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and older builds of Windows 10, there was a bug that made it necessary to have a '' | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | - Yeehaw, you're done. Windows might ask to update the clock, let it do so | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Fix this in Windows automatically === | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can also just download and install/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <file - UTCtimefix.reg> | ||
+ | Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | ||
+ | |||
+ | [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation] | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Just double-click the file, or go to Regedit' | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Changing Batocera to use Windows' | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can use a custom script in Batocera **v32** and up to tell it to use the local time just like Windows does instead. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Put the following file into ''/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <file bash boot-custom.sh> | ||
+ | # | ||
+ | |||
+ | hwclock --systz --localtime | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ |
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