man/localtime.xml

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   6 <refentry id="localtime">
   7   <refentryinfo>
   8     <title>localtime</title>
   9     <productname>systemd</productname>
  10   </refentryinfo>
  11
  12   <refmeta>
  13     <refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle>
  14     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  15   </refmeta>
  16
  17   <refnamediv>
  18     <refname>localtime</refname>
  19     <refpurpose>Local timezone configuration file</refpurpose>
  20   </refnamediv>
  21
  22   <refsynopsisdiv>
  23     <para><filename>/etc/localtime</filename> -&gt; <filename>../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</filename></para>
  24   </refsynopsisdiv>
  25
  26   <refsect1>
  27     <title>Description</title>
  28
  29     <para>The <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file configures the
  30     system-wide timezone of the local system that is used by
  31     applications for presentation to the user. It should be an
  32     absolute or relative symbolic link pointing to
  33     <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>, followed by a timezone
  34     identifier such as <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or
  35     <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>. The resulting link should lead to the
  36     corresponding binary
  37     <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  38     timezone data for the configured timezone.</para>
  39
  40     <para>Because the timezone identifier is extracted from the
  41     symlink target name of <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>, this
  42     file may not be a normal file or hardlink.</para>
  43
  44     <para>If <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> is missing, the
  45     default <literal>UTC</literal> timezone is used.</para>
  46
  47     <para>The timezone may be overridden for individual programs by
  48     using the <varname>$TZ</varname> environment variable. See
  49     <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  50
  51     <para>You may use
  52     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  53     to change the settings of this file from the command line during
  54     runtime. Use
  55     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  56     to initialize the time zone on mounted (but not booted) system
  57     images.</para>
  58   </refsect1>
  59
  60   <refsect1>
  61       <title>See Also</title>
  62       <para>
  63         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  64         <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  65         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  66         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  67         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  68         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  69       </para>
  70   </refsect1>
  71
  72 </refentry>