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25 <refentry id="timezone">
26         <refentryinfo>
27                 <title>/etc/timezone</title>
28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30                 <authorgroup>
31                         <author>
32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36                         </author>
37                 </authorgroup>
38         </refentryinfo>
39
40         <refmeta>
41                 <refentrytitle>timezone</refentrytitle>
42                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
43         </refmeta>
44
45         <refnamediv>
46                 <refname>timezone</refname>
47                 <refpurpose>Local time zone configuration file</refpurpose>
48         </refnamediv>
49
50         <refsynopsisdiv>
51                 <para><filename>/etc/timezone</filename></para>
52         </refsynopsisdiv>
53
54         <refsect1>
55                 <title>Description</title>
56
57                 <para>The <filename>/etc/timezone</filename> file
58                 configures the system-wide time zone of the local
59                 system that is used by applications for presentation
60                 to the user. It should contain a single
61                 newline-terminated line consisting of a time zone
62                 identifier such as
63                 <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal>. The file
64                 <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> corresponds with
65                 <filename>/etc/timezone</filename> and contains the
66                 binary time zone data for the time zone. These files
67                 should always be changed simultaneously and kept in
68                 sync.</para>
69
70                 <para>The time zone may be overridden for individual
71                 programs by using the TZ environment variable. See
72                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
73         </refsect1>
74
75         <refsect1>
76                 <title>History</title>
77
78                 <para>The simple configuration file format of
79                 <filename>/etc/timezone</filename> originates from
80                 Debian GNU/Linux.</para>
81         </refsect1>
82
83         <refsect1>
84                   <title>See Also</title>
85                   <para>
86                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
87                   </para>
88         </refsect1>
89
90 </refentry>