RE: Calendar does not show time or date

[John Frankish <j-frankish slb com>]

> > Using California-0.1.1 with gnome-3.10.x compiled from source.
> >
> > On startup the calendar is blank and there are a number of error messages about timezone, time, date, etc.
> >
> > This system does not use systemd - does California only work with the systemd timedate/region daemons or 
> > should it work when the timezone, time and date are set by more conventional methods?
>
> California uses the freedesktop.org D-Bus service timedated to obtain timezone information, which is in 
> turn provided by systemd:
>
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated/
>
> What system are you using?
>
> Regarding the more conventional methods, it's imperative that California not merely have the UTC offset but 
> the Olson zone code (i.e. "America/Los Angeles").  timedated seemed like the best source for that 
> information (especially since GNOME's Date & Time panel uses it).

Thanks for the reply.

I've compiled gnome-3.10.x on tinycorelinux, which does not use systemd or timedated. The UTC offset is set 
to Asia/Dubai and the bios time/date to UTC.

It would be good if an alternative to systemd could be offered.

Cheers
John