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6 | SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ |
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96b2fb93 | 8 | Copyright © 2012 Shawn Landden |
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608da9e9 | 11 | <refentry id="localtime"> |
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12 | <refentryinfo> |
13 | <title>localtime</title> | |
14 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
15 | ||
16 | <authorgroup> | |
17 | <author> | |
18 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
19 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
20 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
21 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
22 | </author> | |
23 | <author> | |
24 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
25 | <firstname>Shawn</firstname> | |
26 | <surname>Landden</surname> | |
27 | <email>shawnlandden@gmail.com</email> | |
28 | </author> | |
29 | </authorgroup> | |
30 | </refentryinfo> | |
31 | ||
32 | <refmeta> | |
33 | <refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle> | |
34 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> | |
35 | </refmeta> | |
36 | ||
37 | <refnamediv> | |
38 | <refname>localtime</refname> | |
39 | <refpurpose>Local timezone configuration file</refpurpose> | |
40 | </refnamediv> | |
41 | ||
42 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
43 | <para><filename>/etc/localtime</filename> -> <filename>../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</filename></para> | |
44 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
45 | ||
46 | <refsect1> | |
47 | <title>Description</title> | |
48 | ||
49 | <para>The <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file configures the | |
50 | system-wide timezone of the local system that is used by | |
51 | applications for presentation to the user. It should be an | |
52 | absolute or relative symbolic link pointing to | |
53 | <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>, followed by a timezone | |
54 | identifier such as <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or | |
55 | <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>. The resulting link should lead to the | |
56 | corresponding binary | |
57 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
58 | timezone data for the configured timezone.</para> | |
59 | ||
60 | <para>Because the timezone identifier is extracted from the | |
61 | symlink target name of <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>, this | |
62 | file may not be a normal file or hardlink.</para> | |
63 | ||
64 | <para>The timezone may be overridden for individual programs by | |
65 | using the <varname>$TZ</varname> environment variable. See | |
66 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
67 | ||
68 | <para>You may use | |
69 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
70 | to change the settings of this file from the command line during | |
71 | runtime. Use | |
72 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
73 | to initialize the time zone on mounted (but not booted) system | |
74 | images.</para> | |
75 | </refsect1> | |
76 | ||
77 | <refsect1> | |
78 | <title>See Also</title> | |
79 | <para> | |
80 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
81 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
82 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
83 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
84 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
85 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
86 | </para> | |
87 | </refsect1> | |
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89 | </refentry> |