How change MET to METDST time?

[Carme Torca]

Hi,

I would like to know how to change the date to the Middle European Time, I have three machines with MET Time, and I would like to put the METDST.
I have look the /usr/lib/tztab, and this file it ok., but when I do echo $TZ, its show me
"MET-1MEST"...
What can I do???

Thank-you very much!!
Carmen

[melvyn burnard · Accepted solution]

change your /etc/TIMEZONE file to reflect the correct TZ

[Tom Geudens]

Hi,
You can also do this with
set_parms timezone

This requires a reboot though ...
Example :

set_parms timezone
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The following procedure enables you to set the time zone.

Select your location from the following list:

1) North America or Hawaii

2) Central America

3) South America

4) Europe

5) Africa

6) Asia

7) Australia, New Zealand
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Enter the number for your location (1-7) then press [Return] 4

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Select your time zone from the following list:

1) Greenwich Mean Time
British Summer Time

2) Portuguese Winter Time
Portuguese Summer Time

3) Western European Time
Western European Daylight Time

4) Middle European Time
Middle European Daylight Time

5) Iceland time

6) Turkey, Finland, Romania,
Greece, Bulgaria

7) Western Russia (Moscow)

8) Unlisted time zone

9) Previous menu

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Enter the number for your time zone (1 - 9), then press [Return] 4

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You have selected:

Middle European Time/Daylight Time (MET-1METDST).
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Is this correct?

Press [y] for yes or [n] for no, then press [Return] y
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Your changes will not take effect until you reboot the system.

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Do you want to reboot now?

Press [y] for yes or [n] for no, then press [Return] y

Regards,
Tom Geudens

[Mateja Bezjak]

Hi,

export TZ=METDST

echo $TZ now shows METDST

Regards,
Mateja

[Ceesjan van Hattum]

above solutions are okay. but beware: if you have databases and/or production running on these machines; you might get problems with the datafiles.
Secondly, look for some running ntp-deamons (network time protocol). Timesynchronization might not a bad idea after all.

Regards,
Ceesjan

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

The best method is to use the option from Tom.
Also this implies a reboot at the end.
So you will be sure the time is set correctly for all applications/databases you might be running.

C.

[Carme Torca]

Finally I have change the /etc/TIMEZONE, but I will look for the ntp-deamons.
Thank-you very much to all!!!

[Hartmut Lang]

If you are running HPUX11.11, and you want to use "set_parms" for setting timezone, look out for patch PHCO_22958:

"When using "set_parms timezone" it is not possible to select the "Middle European daylight saving time" option."

Hardy