Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon dbus[1683]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.timedate1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service'
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon systemd[1]: Starting Time & Date Service...
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon dbus[1683]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.timedate1'
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon systemd-timedated[10615]: /etc/localtime should be a symbolic link to a time zone data file in /usr/share/zoneinfo/.
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon systemd[1]: Started Time & Date Service.
pat-mcgowan@patsdragon:~$ ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 8 10:03 /etc/localtime -> writable/localtime
pat-mcgowan@patsdragon:~$ ls -l /etc/writable/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Mar 16 10:57 /etc/writable/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Detroit
pat-mcgowan@patsdragon:~$
From the log when it reverts to utc
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon dbus[1683]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org. freedesktop. timedate1' unit='dbus- org.freedesktop .timedate1. service' p.timedate1' timedated[ 10615]: /etc/localtime should be a symbolic link to a time zone data file in /usr/share/ zoneinfo/ .
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon systemd[1]: Starting Time & Date Service...
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon dbus[1683]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedeskto
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon systemd-
Mar 16 11:07:14 patsdragon systemd[1]: Started Time & Date Service.
pat-mcgowan@ patsdragon: ~$ ls -l /etc/localtime patsdragon: ~$ ls -l /etc/writable/ localtime localtime -> /usr/share/ zoneinfo/ America/ Detroit patsdragon: ~$
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 8 10:03 /etc/localtime -> writable/localtime
pat-mcgowan@
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Mar 16 10:57 /etc/writable/
pat-mcgowan@