Description of problem: Wehn installing from the 4GB ISO file, it looks like the installer is not asking for the timezome Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Megeia 7 How reproducible: It lloks like, there is no timezone selector in the mageia 7 installer. At least i got location "London" and UTC after installation.
You can select the time zone when you reach the Summary screen at the end of the install. See https://doc.mageia.org/installer/7/en/content/misc-params.html. If you don't change it, the installer will pick a time zone based on the primary language you selected at the start.
CC: (none) => mageia
Sorry, my fault 8-( > he installer will pick a time zone based on the primary language you selected at the start. Maybe it is wise, to use the country of the IP adress, a lot of people use "english" as primary language on their computer...
Using the language is useless as is the country as there are a number of countries with multiple time zones. Similarly IP address can be misleading for location and the system may not be connected to the internet. It should be a requirement to pick a time zone. Also the user should be asked if the real time clock is set to UTC or is set to a local time zone.
CC: (none) => rihoward1
Unless the installer has much changed for Mageia 8, I find this bug puzzling. If it is true, I would have expected the people testing the first M8 ISOs to have raised it already. (In reply to r howard from comment #3) > It should be a requirement to pick a time zone. The very many times I have been through the installers always made choosing the timezone obvious, if not unavoidable. Note Martin's comment in C1: "If you don't change it..." However, I have yet to try a Mageia 8 ISO. > Also the user should be > asked if the real time clock is set to UTC or is set to a local time zone. Once again, this issue is & always has been an unavoidable step fairly early on. The Classic & Live ISOs pre-select the different possibility, no matter. However, I have yet to try a Mageia 8 ISO. ------------- @ J Scheurich Can you please say exactly what installer or ISO & medium you tried.
CC: (none) => lewyssmithVersion: 7 => Cauldron
There is no timezone bug. Very early the user is asked about the language. The timezones the user can choose are many, English US (the default language) has a lot of different US cities and regions. But you are free to choose whatever timezone you want. I just tested it, with the Alpha1 live iso. Afaik it's no different with other isos because the installer is the same, stage2. This did not change - since I started to use Mageia. The QA team would have complained if there was such a bug.
CC: (none) => shybluenight
Closing as invalid. While the user isn't forced to select a timezone, the option is there both during install and post install under mcc/Manage Date and Time. While the default selection is often incorrect, it's easy to change for users who are affected, and hasn't changed in Mageia 8.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => INVALIDCC: (none) => davidwhodgins
Just noticed this is for Mageia 7, not the Mageia 8 iso images currently in qa testing. Nevertheless, the timezone selection has not changed in many years, so comment 6 applies to the Mageia 7 iso images as well.
Confirmation. To test the [invalid] complaints in comment 0 & comment 3, I have just installed the Mageia 8 alpha 1 x64 Classic ISO, and need to slightly correct myself comment 4. Both aspects are done in the final summary screen. You select your *timezone*, then it asks whether your system clock is *local time or UTC*.