TBLinux:Changing the Time Zone

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You can check for the correct timezone name inside that directory "/usr/share/zoneinfo/../..".
 
You can check for the correct timezone name inside that directory "/usr/share/zoneinfo/../..".
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'''You need to restart Toolpack for it to apply the changes.''' E.g. Timestamps in toolpack logs.
 
'''You need to restart Toolpack for it to apply the changes.''' E.g. Timestamps in toolpack logs.

Revision as of 21:26, 20 September 2011

The time zone of a Tmedia unit, such as the TMG800 or 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:
NOTE: User-typed parameters are shown in red.

[root@TB005375 ]# tzselect
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
Please select a continent
1) Africa
2) Americas
.
.
.
10) None - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.
#?2

Please select a country.
1) Anguilla
.
.
.
10) Canada
.
.
.
51) Virgin Islands (US)
#?10

Please select one of the time zone regions.
1) Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador
.
.
.
7) Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations
.
.
.
27) Pacific Time - north Yukon
#?7

The following information has been given:
Canada
Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations

Therefore TZ= ‘America/Montreal’ will be used.
Local time is now: Wed Aug 19 08:49:01 EDT 2009.
Universal time is now: Wed Aug 19 08:49:01 UDT 2009.
Is the above information OK?
1) Yes
2) No
#?1

You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line
TZ= ‘America/Montreal’; export TZ
to the file ‘.profile’ in your home directory; then log out and log in again.

Here is the TZ value again, this time on standard output so that you
can use the /usr/bin/tzselect command in the shell script
America/Montreal
[root@TB005373 ]#


The above set the timezone for the bash shell only. To configure the time system-wide, manually change the file /etc/localtime to point to the right timezone.

$ rm /etc/localtime

$ ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Fortaleza /etc/localtime

You can check for the correct timezone name inside that directory "/usr/share/zoneinfo/../..".


You need to restart Toolpack for it to apply the changes. E.g. Timestamps in toolpack logs.

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