function updateSystemTime() {
var time = $('#input_date').val() + ' ' + $('#input_time').val();
- var new_time = new Date(time);
- console.log('System time set to: ' + time);
+ /* settings daemon expects number of seconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970 */
+ var epoch_time = new Date(time).getTime() / 1000;
+ console.log('System time set to: ' + time + ' or ' + epoch_time + ' seconds since 1/1/1970');
- settings.datetime.setTime(new_time, function() {
+ settings.datetime.setTime(epoch_time, function() {
console.log('System time set successfully');
}, function(e) {
showMsg('Error', 'Cannot set system time: ' + e);