help with time zone change

[Edwin Reardon]

Would like to know how to change the time zone on hp-ux 11i . We have 2 machines one is set correctly: echo $TZ = GMT0BST, the second machine is EST5EDT. Need to change second machine from EST5EDT to GMT0BST.

Thanks

[Pete Randall]

Probably the easiest way is to use "/sbin/set_parms timezone". I suspect it will want you to reboot the machine.


Pete

[Tim Nelson]

What about /etc/TIMEZONE as well? (maybe set_parms changes this to ?)

/etc/profile reads this and if not there then sets it itself.

[Pete Randall]

Yes, a quick test shows that /sbin/set_parms changes /etc/TIMEZONE.


Pete

[OldSchool]

set_parms updates / creates the TIMEZONE file if needed

or you can run

/sbin/set_parms timezone

sets only the timezone w/o prompting about (or changing) other settings

[Pete Randall]

set_parms vs /sbin/set_parms?? What's the difference?


Pete

[OldSchool]

"set_parms vs /sbin/set_parms?? What's the difference?"

Uhh... they're the same [ as I think you know :-) ]. I got a phone call while I was responding, so I a) didn't see your answer and b) missed the fact that you had spec'd the "timezone" option in your reply, instead of just running "set_parms"...

[Pete Randall]

Oh!! I thought maybe there was some secret difference I was unaware of.


Pete