I ran into an issue yesterday where time based rules fired at incorrect times. It took a while to track down the problem (system TZ = openhab TZ <> Java TZ). This seems to be a fairly common mishap over the last 10 years or so. This despite having a helper openhabian-config for setting system time…

[image] ccrause: complex issue [image] Time-based rules not working on 5.0.1 Beginners sudo nano /etc/default/openhab Replace “nano” with your preferred text editor. Since this was posted I think we found the culprit. If you did not edit /boot/openhabi…

Time-based rules not working on 5.0.1 sudo nano /etc/default/openhab Replace “nano” with your preferred text editor. Since this was posted I think we found the culprit. If you did not edit /boot/openhabian.conf before the first time you booted as the instructions describe, you didn’t set the tim…

[image] ccrause: why a user needs assistance from the provided tools or why every new user should read the docs first: NOTE: You should have been configuring timezone and locale at installation time via openhabian.conf settings. [image] openHABian Configuration Tool - openHABian …

[image] sihui: or why every new user should read the docs first: NOTE: You should have been configuring timezone and locale at installation time via openhabian.conf settings. openHABian | openHAB From the same help documentation: Timezone: Your timezone is typically set by your network,…

[image] ccrause: I had to manually edit EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS And you followed the docs at [image] First boot configuration - openHABian You just discovered openHAB and now you are eager to start but you're afraid of setting up a standalone system for it? | a vendor and technology agnos…

Timezone issue, ensure consistency?

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sihui (SiHui) August 5, 2026, 11:20am 2