man/localtime.xml

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  26 <refentry id="localtime">
  27         <refentryinfo>
  28                 <title>/etc/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 time zone 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 time zone of the local
  66                 system that is used by applications for presentation
  67                 to the user. It should be an absolute symbolic link
  68                 with a destination of <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>,
  69                 fallowed by a time zone identifier such as
  70                 <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>.
  71                 The resulting link should point to the corresponding binary
  72                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  73                 time zone data for the configured time zone.</para>
  74
  75                 <para>As the time zone identifier is extracted from the name of
  76                 the target of <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> this file may
  77                 not be a normal file or hardlink.</para>
  78
  79                 <para>The time zone may be overridden for individual
  80                 programs by using the TZ environment variable. See
  81                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  82         </refsect1>
  83
  84         <refsect1>
  85                   <title>See Also</title>
  86                   <para>
  87                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  88                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  89                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  90                   </para>
  91         </refsect1>
  92
  93 </refentry>