Two questions, can I delete 'grub tools' , and I'm seeing file creation timestamps an hour different then system clock

I’ve seen the posts about a about serious grub issue from a few weeks ago. Sometime since then after running paru I get a message that grub tools are not in the aur directory, so I’m wondering if I should just delete it.

Second I’ve noticed that files I create end up posted with a times stamp an hour later than what I see on the system clock, which is set correctly. How is that fixed?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

That is totally up to you. We recommend removing it but it is your choice.

Where are you viewing the timestamps and does the command date show the correct time?

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When I create a file in say, Libreoffice or Gnumeric, either one, save it then exit the program, then go right back in to either program, the time on the file before I reload it is an hour later than what the system clock at the lower right of the screen says.

What does the command date show you?

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Sun Oct 16 09:06:17 AM EDT 2022
that’s an hour off…

What are you referring to as the “System Clock”?

It sounds like either timezone or clock is set wrong.

Check the output of timedatectl to check for sure.

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[mark@mark-optiplex9020 ~]$ timedatectl
Local time: Sun 2022-10-16 09:10:58 EDT
Universal time: Sun 2022-10-16 13:10:58 UTC
RTC time: Sun 2022-10-16 13:10:58
Time zone: America/Indiana/Vincennes (EDT, -0400)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
[mark@mark-optiplex9020 ~]$

i’m in houston so central time should be right.

Your timezone is wrong. It probably should be set to CST6CDT

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Oh yeah, it does say EDT… I just saw Indiana and thinking straight north…

sudo timedatectl set-timezone CST6CDT   
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Done. Thanks for the assist:
timedatectl
Local time: Sun 2022-10-16 08:15:29 CDT
Universal time: Sun 2022-10-16 13:15:29 UTC
RTC time: Sun 2022-10-16 13:15:29
Time zone: CST6CDT (CDT, -0500)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
[mark@mark-optiplex9020 ~]$

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