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TZDATA [0]
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The Time Zone Database (called tz, tzdb or zoneinfo) contains code and data that
represent the history of local time for many representative locations around the
globe.
Configuration
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Begin by first verifying that you have tzdata installed:
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| $ kiss b tzdata |
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Look for the available timezones in /usr/share/zoneinfo/:
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| $ ls /usr/share/zoneinfo |
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Write your preferred timezone to the /etc/timezone file:
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| $ echo "TZ" > /etc/timezone |
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Remember to replace TZ with with your preferred timezone. For example, if I
lived in the US Eastern timezone, I would replace TZ with "US/Eastern".
Lastly, copy the preferred timezone file to /etc/localtime:
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| $ cp TZ_PATH /etc/localtime |
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Remember to replace TZ_PATH with with the complete timezone path. For the
example given above, the complete TZ_PATH for "US/Eastern" would be
"/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern".
As an optional final step, remove the tzdata package.
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| $ kiss r tzdata |
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References
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[0] https://github.com/eggert/tz
[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Timezone
[2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/System_time
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