man/localtime.xml

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  26 <refentry id="localtime">
  27         <refentryinfo>
  28                 <title>localtime</title>
  29                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  30
  31                 <authorgroup>
  32                         <author>
  33                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  34                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  35                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  36                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  37                         </author>
  38                         <author>
  39                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  40                                 <firstname>Shawn</firstname>
  41                                 <surname>Landden</surname>
  42                                 <email>shawnlandden@gmail.com</email>
  43                         </author>
  44                 </authorgroup>
  45         </refentryinfo>
  46
  47         <refmeta>
  48                 <refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle>
  49                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  50         </refmeta>
  51
  52         <refnamediv>
  53                 <refname>localtime</refname>
  54                 <refpurpose>Local timezone configuration file</refpurpose>
  55         </refnamediv>
  56
  57         <refsynopsisdiv>
  58                 <para><filename>/etc/localtime</filename> -> <filename>../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</filename></para>
  59         </refsynopsisdiv>
  60
  61         <refsect1>
  62                 <title>Description</title>
  63
  64                 <para>The <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file
  65                 configures the system-wide timezone of the local
  66                 system that is used by applications for presentation
  67                 to the user. It should be an absolute or relative
  68                 symbolic link pointing to
  69                 <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>, followed by
  70                 a timezone identifier such as
  71                 <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or
  72                 <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>.  The resulting link should
  73                 lead to the corresponding binary
  74                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  75                 timezone data for the configured timezone.</para>
  76
  77                 <para>Because the timezone identifier is extracted from
  78                 the symlink target name of
  79                 <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>, this file may not
  80                 be a normal file or hardlink.</para>
  81
  82                 <para>The timezone may be overridden for individual
  83                 programs by using the TZ environment variable. See
  84                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  85
  86                 <para>You may use
  87                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  88                 to change the settings of this file from the command
  89                 line.</para>
  90         </refsect1>
  91
  92         <refsect1>
  93                   <title>See Also</title>
  94                   <para>
  95                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  96                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  97                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  98                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  99                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 100                   </para>
 101         </refsect1>
 102
 103 </refentry>