Bed time using UTC instead of local time zone
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Bed time controls were working great until I power-cycled my main Deco earlier today. Now, the internal clock appears to think the time zone is UTC and not Mountain Time. Thus, all my bed times kicked in 6 hours early. Took a lot of trial-and-error because there's nothing in the Deco app which shows the system time (would be very easy to add to somethibg like the About screen). Tried changing my phone's time zone, making a change in the bed time setting, and repeating with my phone's time zone sett correctly again. Little difference. Not sure how to get the Deco's system time working properly again so I can turn bed times back on for the correct times. Any help appreciated. (Bug in firmware?)
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I got word from HQ we have modified some setting on the cloud end to help address any time issues. If the time settings have not been corrected, change the time in the Web UI, save it, then change it back to the correct one, that should help speed up the time correction.
Here is how you would log into the Web UI: https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/2641/
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@Tony When I logged in tonight, it was the correct time. All good now. Thank you!!
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@Tony That did the trick! Changing time zone in the web app now changes the time (once reloading the page). In addition, the Bed Time settings are working properly again. Thanks!
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I'll voice my concern here too just to bring it back to the top. I received and installed 3 M5 units last night. All was well and provided great coverage. I upgraded to the latest firmware and all appeared to be well. I had set the LEDs to be off at night. It was after the set time of 10pm and they went right off, so great! I woke in the middle of the night with the light on and discovered the system would not hold the correct time. It is very inconsistent between varying time zones and reboots. If I'm lucky it gets within 1 hour like it is ignoring DST, but when I check back later it has jumped back to GMT.
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@Tony I am in the Eastern Time Zone and cannot get the correct time. I choose North America and New York, but the system continues to display GMT time. Very frustrating...
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Same issue here, deco showing wrong time. Changing the timezone and then changing it back from thw web UI does not work.
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@Joetp, I would try updating the firmware in the Deco unit. I can't remember exactly where it is when you log in, but somewhere in there is an option to update it. That may fix it if they did a firmware fix that you don't have yet.
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I just checked, firmware is up to date.
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@Joetp, sorry to hear your still having problems. You've probably rebooted or restarted the Deco, too. I'd do that again if you can - can't hurt. If that doesn't fix it, then you could try resetting the router using a paperclip. Do a search online for 'how reset Deco 5'. That will put settings back to factory which may not be a big deal for you or it may be a big hassle, depending on how much you changed settings. I'd then do a firmware update again in that case.
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