[Bug 38845] gnome confused when date not set correctly

[Mark Van den Borre]

Public bug reported:

Affects: meta-gnome2 gnome (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Wishlist
       Priority: Low
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
my machine:  iBook G4 2005/03; (probably) empty clock battery or PRAM corruption(?)-> without ntp sync, date set to 1904/01/01
my ubuntu version: Dapper, up to date as of 2006/04/09


On this machine with a wrong date set, Gnome gets utterly confused:
* It asks if it should remove all kinds of applets
* It complains about various other things.
* Font and other settings seem to be broken

Gnome should probably:
* warn the user that he probably has a wrong date set.
* look if it's one of the suspicious default clock setting dates (1980/01/01 on most x86 machines, 1904/01/01 on most ppc Macs) and give appropriate suggestions (clock battery empty?,...)
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gnome confused when date not set correctly
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38845