Change Timezone

[Harstad]

Hi

How can I change the Timezone without using the "set_parms" script??.

Date command??

Thanks

regards

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Change the $TZ variable!


Pete

[Mark Grant]

I think you just set it in the shell. There is a file /etc/TIMEZONE which gets run (if it exists) by default by /etc/profile so you export your TZ variable in there and make sure every application that is interested in the new timezone re-reads it's environment. In practice, this probably means re-booting the machine which means you may as well have used set_parms.

[Thierry Poels_1]

hi,

depends ...

systemwide? : set_parms is the supported (read also safest) option.

for one or more users : set the TZ variable in their profile.

regards,
Thierry.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Harstad,

Unless overridden by a $TZ value, the system-wide default is kept in /etc/TIMEZONE.

HTH,
Jeff

[Umapathy S]

Harstad,
set_parms is the right way to do for a system wide change.
or export TZ in /etc/profile or the individual users .profile to effect the change.

HTH,
Umapathy