We run NR as a snap on Ubuntu core 20. The OS is configured with timezone data and we offer a GUI for the user to set the timezone. If the current timezone is changed a restart for NR is required for it to start using this timezone. This practically means for our users to need to power-cycle which i…

[image] taste: If the current timezone is changed a restart for NR is required for it to start using this timezone. Can you give an example of something that needs a restart following zone change? Also I am intrigued about why the system regularly has timezone changes. Is it a portable syst…

I used this flow to debug the issue: [{"id":"7a51dad2.97d45c","type":"inject","z":"31fa50e9.6a1698","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":150,"y":600,"wires":[["1d53d758.918…

The system is delivered with a standard timezone world wide so at first use the user has to set the local timezone. We have a function to do that simply by syncing tho the PC used for configuring (Webbased GUI) so the user is hardly noticing the timezone change. The documentation informs them to reb…

In the previous post with the debug screenshot, both the timestamps are showing the same time, so the first one is not actually wrong. Confusing, I agree. [image] taste: They start testing and complain time trigger do not work Do you mean that with an inject node set to inject at a fixed ti…

You could also avoid the issue by making the script that syncs the time, force a restart of node-red The timezone is set outside NR so it would need to inject the NR restart from there. Unfortunately we have no control on that part. In the previous post with the debug screenshot, both the times…

[image] taste: if you set a trigger based on your GMT time I don't understand what you mean by that. Do you mean an inject node set to inject at a particular time? As I said, there is a known issue with the inject node that also makes it misbehave if the time is changed after node-red is re…

As I said, there is a known issue with the inject node that also makes it misbehave if the time is changed after node-red is restarted. We are running 2.1.4 thi is what I tested and it seems to work correctly I move the clock up to 6h back and forth, also a DST change is handled but of course the…

[image] Colin: So apart from the cosmetic issue in the debug pane, what exactly is the problem? So apart from the cosmetic issue in the debug pane, what exactly is the problem? It doesn't not when changing the timezone :wink:

[image] taste: It doesn't not when changing the timezone What doesn't not(e?) change?

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Colin 3 March 2022 15:04 9

So apart from the cosmetic issue in the debug pane, what exactly is the problem?

I don't understand that. If something works correctly, why do you worry about corner cases?

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