Gnome time format wrong again

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 01/10/2012 04:27 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 01/10/2012 03:55 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>> On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 14:30 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> Again the time format has switched from date-AM/PM to DoW-24hr.  It
>>> happened sometime since last night.  I don't always look hard at the
>>> time, but I know it was the 'right' format last night.  The settings 
>>> are
>>> right.  Last time a<alt-F1>r put the format back.  Before I try that
>>> which log file might I look into for something happening (and what to
>>> look for) that might point to the problem.  Perhaps I might even file a
>>> bug report....
>>>
>>>
>> How are you setting it? Are you  using: Application->  System Tools
>> ->system settings->  Date and Time?
>
> Yes.  And you can also get to it from the System Settings choice from 
> clicking on user on the right on the top panel.
>
>> Have you set the syswtem time to utc using system-config-date?
>
> Been set for utc since install.  Just checked and it is still set for 
> utc.
>
>> Not doing the latter will cause random time variations as I found out
>> the hard way,
>
> I am also using ntp.

So I ran <alt-F2>r and the date is back to the desired format.

Will try to be more alert to its changing and then quickly check the 
logs....