man/timezone.xml

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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>