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How to change time zone on Apple TV 2G

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On the jailbreaked Apple TV 2 login as root using ssh.

find / -name localtime

it should come up with

/private/var/db/timezone/localtime

now got to this directory


cd /private/var/db/timezone/

remove link


rm localtime

and create new one for example in my case Madrid.

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Madrid localtime

to get your time zone

check what’s available in

cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/

Reboot and that should be it.

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Written by arturito

March 21, 2011 at 10:11 pm

Posted in Apple TV 2

9 Responses

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  1. Thank you for this Article.
    Actually, it’s very strange. I set up the timezone for Zurich but the clock is still not correct. It’s 22.39H here but the XBMC shows me 20.39H.
    Do you have any Idea?
    Cheers, Fluxx

    Fluxx

    March 30, 2011 at 8:40 pm

  2. Apple TV uses ntp client to fetch time. It needs to be restarted.

    1. Exit XBMC
    2. Go to NitoTV>Settings>Reboot or simply
    unplug power cable and plug it in.

    arturito

    March 30, 2011 at 10:54 pm

    • i already booted the Apple TV a few times. As well by pulling the Powercable. :-(

      Fluxx

      March 31, 2011 at 3:31 pm

      • Try again:
        1. cd /private/var/db/timezone/
        2. rm localtime
        3. ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich localtime
        4. reboot
        Let me know if it worked for you.

        arturito

        April 1, 2011 at 5:58 pm

  3. So I tried but now, when I boot the AppleTv, it says Waiting for Systemtime.
    I waited about 10mins but then I quit and rebooted the new. After this reboot, it showed up again. So I quit and checked under Settings in AppleTV. The is written under About/Networktime: Switched (reachable).
    Maybe I should restore the hole AppleTV and jb it again?

    Fluxx

    April 2, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    • Oh, by the way. XBMC shows up the 1st Jan 1970. *lol* ;-)

      Fluxx

      April 2, 2011 at 3:31 pm

      • Update:
        I updated the Firmware of my Router. After that, the Message (Waiting for Networktime) didn’t showed up again.
        I entered XBMC to check the Time, but still 2H difference.

        Fluxx

        April 2, 2011 at 4:05 pm

      • Hmm localtime for Zurich might be going kuku. Can you try Madrid and see if it works for you? It has the same time.

        arturito

        April 4, 2011 at 10:57 am


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