I’m trying to fix the timezone on my Raspberry Pi 3 which runs the embedded version of Plex Media Player. I tried to tweak the timezone settings using ssh prompt, but was unlucky as the root file system is locked down.
The GUI of PMP doesn’t have a timezone setting as in OpenPHT, and the config file (/storage/.local/share/plexmediaplayer/plexmediaplayer.conf) doesn’t have a line for changing timezone. You can only find clock settings (12/24H).
Any successful attempts?
I’ve managed to fix that by entering the following command into an SSH prompt (user root
, password plex
):
echo "ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich /var/run/localtime" >> /storage/.config/autostart.sh
That’s for the Europe/Zurich
timezone. Adapt to your own timezone by looking into the contents of the /usr/share/zoneinfo
folder.
UPDATE (16/12/2016): Reboot the RPi using reboot
so that the changes take effect.
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There is a search button on this forum
But because it’s your first post 
forums.plex.tv/discussion/212006/pi3-embedded-pmp-clock-time-zone#latest
You’ve actually fixed it? I’ve tried that solution and it doesn’t work on my Asus Chromebox with latest PMP. If I ssh in and run date
it’s got the right time zone, but the plex UI still shows me UTC.
It’s been like this for months, through seven or eight new versions. Every time I hope against hope that the freaking clock works. I honestly can’t understand what feature could have a higher priority than this. The player is perfect aside from this glaring flaw.
When I ssh in all I see is backup lost+found and webengine.log what am I missing? There doesn’t seem to be a usr dir to get into to make that change.
OK I’ve figured that out but the change doesn’t do anything. Time is still wrong.
@DJ-BrianC have you rebooted the RPi after doing that change?
Got it. Had a typo in the line. Thanks!
I have got the same problem like wickning1. When i run the “date”-command in ssh it shows the correct time and date. But on my Intel NUC running embedded plex it still shows the incorrect time (-1 hr offset). I have already set the correct timezone using the commands shown in this thread.