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NAME
tzsetup - set local timezone
CONTENTS
Synopsis Description Timezone Database Files See Also Disclaimer Bugs
SYNOPSIS
tzsetup [-n ] [default ]
DESCRIPTION
The tzsetup utility reads a database of timezone information and presents a menu allowing the user to select a specific zone without knowing the details of the database layout. The selected zone is installed as the system default zone. The tzsetup utility also determines whether any adjustment is necessary for systems where the hardware clock does not keep UTC . The following option is available:
-n Do not create or copy files.
It is possible to short-circuit the menu system by specifying a default on the command line; this is intended mainly for pre-configured installation scripts.
TIMEZONE DATABASE
The contents of the timezone database are indexed by /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab . This file lists, for each timezone data file, the ISO 3166 territory code, approximate geographical coordinates (in ISO 6709 format), and location within the territory. The maintainers of the database maintain the following policies:
At least one zone for every country or inhabited geographical territory. One zone for every distinct, documented timezone history since the beginning of the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970, GMT ). Each zone is named for the most populous city therein. (Where possible, the database includes pre-1970 history for its city.) The source code to the database (/usr/src/share/zoneinfo/[a-z]* ) contains many additional comments and documentation references for the historically minded.
FILES
/etc/localtime current time zone file /etc/wall_cmos_clock see adjkerntz (8). /usr/share/misc/iso3166 mapping of ISO 3166 territory codes to names /usr/share/zoneinfo directory for zoneinfo files /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab mapping of timezone file to country and location
SEE ALSO
date (1),adjtime (2),ctime (3),timezone (3),tzfile (5),adjkerntz (8),zdump (8),zic (8)
DISCLAIMER
BUGS
adjkerntz (8)
