MacBook (Monterey 12.1) not updating time zone?

tecsi12 wrote:

MacBook (Monterey 12.1) not updating time zone?

see —

If the date or time is wrong on your Mac - Apple Support

The current stable release of Monterey macOS 12.2.1

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/get-macos-updates-mchlpx1065/mac

I had this same issue. I traveled yesterday, and when I returned home my MacBook Pro (M1), running MacOS 12.2.1 won't update the time zone automatically despite showing that as the active setting in Date and Time. I unchecked and rechecked it and tried to choose a different server, but the clock still shows Central time, when I'm back in Eastern.

It seems an update at some point changed the default setting for time zones, as "Set time zone automatically ..." was disabled on my computer, which is only a couple months old. My previous MacBook was set to update automatically.

Do you have Location Services turned on? Does it recognize your location properly? Mine even knows the name of the midsize town I am near of, in Portugal.

Also: do you have Wifi turned on? Location Services on a mac relies on the informations it gathers from neighboring Wifi networks, since the mac does not have GPS.

What time zone is yours?

What should be updated? Time zone is the same unless you travel. Your mac does not have GPS, like an iPhone, so I would not expect the time zone to update automatically.