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ericbsd merged 2 commits into from
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Add a UTC hardware clock checkbox to the timezone page #89

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Add a UTC hardware clock checkbox to the timezone page
ericbsd Aug 25, 2026
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Remove unused list-tzones.sh script and update setup.py
ericbsd Aug 26, 2026
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion setup.py
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Expand Up @@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ def datafilelist(installbase, sourcebase):
'src/backend-query/enable-net.sh',
'src/backend-query/list-components.sh',
'src/backend-query/list-rsync-backups.sh',
'src/backend-query/list-tzones.sh',
'src/backend-query/query-langs.sh',
'src/backend-query/send-logs.sh',
'src/backend-query/setup-ssh-keys.sh',
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18 changes: 0 additions & 18 deletions src/backend-query/list-tzones.sh
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions src/create_cfg.py
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left = f'{tmp}/left'
partlabel = f'{tmp}/partlabel'
timezone = f'{tmp}/timezone'
utc_clock = f'{tmp}/utc_clock'
KBFile = f'{tmp}/keyboard'
boot_file = f'{tmp}/boot'
disk_scheme = f'{tmp}/scheme'
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f.write('\n# Timezone\n')
f.write(f'timeZone={t_output}\n')
f.write('enableNTP=yes\n')
# Hardware clock, written whether or not a timezone was picked
utc = 'yes'
if os.path.exists(utc_clock):
utc = open(utc_clock, 'r').read().strip() or 'yes'
f.write(f'utcClock={utc}\n')
if os.path.exists(zfs_config):
zfs = True
# Disk Setup
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions src/timezone.py
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time = '%stimezone' % tmp
utc_clock = '%sutc_clock' % tmp
tzdictionary = timezone_dictionary()

cssProvider = Gtk.CssProvider()
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time_file = open(time, 'w')
time_file.writelines(timezone)
time_file.close()
# no makes pc-sysinstall write /etc/wall_cmos_clock on the install
utc_file = open(utc_clock, 'w')
utc_file.write('yes' if self.utc_check.get_active() else 'no')
utc_file.close()
return
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def __init__(self, button3):
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sw.add(self.citytreeView)
sw.show()
hbox.pack_start(sw, True, True, 5)

self.utc_check = Gtk.CheckButton.new_with_label(
'Hardware clock uses UTC (uncheck when dual-booting Windows)'
)
self.utc_check.set_active(True)
self.utc_check.set_tooltip_text(
'Windows keeps the hardware clock on local time. '
'Leave this checked on any other machine.'
)
self.utc_check.show()
box2.pack_start(self.utc_check, False, False, 5)
return

def get_model(self):
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