TBLinux:Changing the Time Zone
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[root@TB005375 ]# tzselect<br> | [root@TB005375 ]# tzselect<br> | ||
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.<br> | Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.<br> | ||
| − | Please select a continent | + | Please select a continent<br> |
| − | 1) Africa | + | 1) Africa<br> |
| − | 2) Americas | + | 2) Americas<br> |
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| − | 10) None - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format. | + | 10) None - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.<br> |
| − | #? 2 | + | #? 2<br> |
| − | Please select a country. | + | Please select a country.<br> |
| − | 1) Anguilla | + | 1) Anguilla<br> |
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| − | 10) Canada | + | 10) Canada<br> |
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| − | 51) Virgin Islands (US) | + | 51) Virgin Islands (US)<br> |
| − | #? 10 | + | #? 10<br> |
| − | Please select one of the time zone regions. | + | Please select one of the time zone regions.<br> |
| − | 1) Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador | + | 1) Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador<br> |
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| − | 7) Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations | + | 7) Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations<br> |
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| − | 27) Pacific Time - north Yukon | + | 27) Pacific Time - north Yukon<br> |
| − | #? 7 | + | #? 7<br> |
| − | The following information has been given: | + | The following information has been given:<br> |
| − | Canada | + | Canada<br> |
| − | Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations | + | Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations<br> |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | Therefore TZ= ‘America/Montreal’ will be used. | + | Therefore TZ= ‘America/Montreal’ will be used.<br> |
| − | Local time is now: Wed Aug 19 08:49:01 EDT 2009. | + | Local time is now: Wed Aug 19 08:49:01 EDT 2009.<br> |
| − | Universal time is now: Wed Aug 19 08:49:01 UDT 2009. | + | Universal time is now: Wed Aug 19 08:49:01 UDT 2009.<br> |
| − | Is the above information OK? | + | Is the above information OK?<br> |
| − | 1) Yes | + | 1) Yes<br> |
| − | 2) No | + | 2) No<br> |
| − | #? 1 | + | #? 1<br> |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the | + | You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line<br> |
| − | + |    TZ= ‘America/Montreal’; export TZ<br> | |
| − | to the file ‘.profile’ in your home directory; then log out and log in again. | + | to the file ‘.profile’ in your home directory; then log out and log in again.<br> |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | Here is the TZ value again, this time on standard output so that | + | Here is the TZ value again, this time on standard output so that you<br> |
| − | can use the /usr/bin/tzselect command in the shell | + | can use the /usr/bin/tzselect command in the shell script<br> |
| − | America/Montreal | + | America/Montreal<br> |
| − | [root@TB005373 ]# | + | [root@TB005373 ]#<br> |
| − | + | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
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Revision as of 10:57, 6 July 2010
The time zone of the TMG3200 is configured on the Linux host using the tzselect command. The following is provided as a sample of how to configure a time zone:
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Please select a country.
Please select one of the time zone regions.
The following information has been given:
   TZ= ‘America/Montreal’; export TZ to the file ‘.profile’ in your home directory; then log out and log in again. |
