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<refentry id="localtime">
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>localtime</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Shawn</firstname>
- <surname>Landden</surname>
- <email>shawnlandden@gmail.com</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>localtime</refname>
- <refpurpose>Local time zone configuration file</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <para><filename>/etc/localtime</filename> -> <filename>../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</filename></para>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para>The <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file
- configures the system-wide time zone of the local
- system that is used by applications for presentation
- to the user. It should be an absolute or relative
- symbolic link pointing to
- <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>, followed by
- a time zone identifier such as
- <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or
- <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>. The resulting link should
- lead to the corresponding binary
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- time zone data for the configured time zone.</para>
-
- <para>As the time zone identifier is extracted from
- the symlink target name of
- <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> this file may not
- be a normal file or hardlink.</para>
-
- <para>The time zone may be overridden for individual
- programs by using the TZ environment variable. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
-
- <para>You may use
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- to change the settings of this file from the command
- line.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>localtime</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Shawn</firstname>
+ <surname>Landden</surname>
+ <email>shawnlandden@gmail.com</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>localtime</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Local timezone configuration file</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/etc/localtime</filename> -> <filename>../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>The <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file configures the
+ system-wide timezone of the local system that is used by
+ applications for presentation to the user. It should be an
+ absolute or relative symbolic link pointing to
+ <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>, followed by a timezone
+ identifier such as <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or
+ <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>. The resulting link should lead to the
+ corresponding binary
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ timezone data for the configured timezone.</para>
+
+ <para>Because the timezone identifier is extracted from the
+ symlink target name of <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>, this
+ file may not be a normal file or hardlink.</para>
+
+ <para>The timezone may be overridden for individual programs by
+ using the <varname>$TZ</varname> environment variable. See
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>You may use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to change the settings of this file from the command line during
+ runtime. Use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to initialize the time zone on mounted (but not booted) system
+ images.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
</refentry>