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608da9e9 | 9 | <refentry id="localtime"> |
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10 | <refentryinfo> |
11 | <title>localtime</title> | |
12 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
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13 | </refentryinfo> |
14 | ||
15 | <refmeta> | |
16 | <refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle> | |
17 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> | |
18 | </refmeta> | |
19 | ||
20 | <refnamediv> | |
21 | <refname>localtime</refname> | |
22 | <refpurpose>Local timezone configuration file</refpurpose> | |
23 | </refnamediv> | |
24 | ||
25 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
26 | <para><filename>/etc/localtime</filename> -> <filename>../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</filename></para> | |
27 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
28 | ||
29 | <refsect1> | |
30 | <title>Description</title> | |
31 | ||
32 | <para>The <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file configures the | |
33 | system-wide timezone of the local system that is used by | |
34 | applications for presentation to the user. It should be an | |
35 | absolute or relative symbolic link pointing to | |
36 | <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>, followed by a timezone | |
37 | identifier such as <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or | |
38 | <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>. The resulting link should lead to the | |
39 | corresponding binary | |
40 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
41 | timezone data for the configured timezone.</para> | |
42 | ||
43 | <para>Because the timezone identifier is extracted from the | |
44 | symlink target name of <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>, this | |
45 | file may not be a normal file or hardlink.</para> | |
46 | ||
47 | <para>The timezone may be overridden for individual programs by | |
48 | using the <varname>$TZ</varname> environment variable. See | |
49 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
50 | ||
51 | <para>You may use | |
52 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
53 | to change the settings of this file from the command line during | |
54 | runtime. Use | |
55 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
56 | to initialize the time zone on mounted (but not booted) system | |
57 | images.</para> | |
58 | </refsect1> | |
59 | ||
60 | <refsect1> | |
61 | <title>See Also</title> | |
62 | <para> | |
63 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
64 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
65 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
66 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
67 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
68 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
69 | </para> | |
70 | </refsect1> | |
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72 | </refentry> |