And you bought it recently?
>
>> What you describe sounds strange indeed. Can you post screenshots
>> somewhere (http://drop.io/).
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> http://drop.io/4657456
>
> I notice its doing it the other way around now. And its changed the
> time to AM now. Sheer bedlam.
>
Yes, that's fucked up man!
A few suggestions/requests:
a) send us a screenshot of your timezone setting screen b) use the Apple -> Software Update to update your OS to the latest c) run Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility, select the hard disk (typically named Macintosh HD) and run "Verify Disk Permissions" and "Repair Disk Permissions" (if the verify reports errors).
Then reboot and reset timezone and see if that makes a difference.
There's an old article in Apple Support, relevant for Mac OS X Jaguar and Australian time issues:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21008
Since your iMac is new, you should have free customer support for some number of days, so if we don't get this resolved, you should give them a call.
--ravi
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