TBLinux:Changing the Time Zone

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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:

[root@TB005375 ]# tzselect
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
Please select a continent
1) Africa
2) Americas

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10) None - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.

  1. ? 2

Please select a country.
1) Anguilla

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10) Canada

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51) Virgin Islands (US)

  1. ? 10

Please select one of the time zone regions.
1) Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador

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7) Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations

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27) Pacific Time - north Yukon

  1. ? 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. ? 1


You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line

<&nbsp> <&nbsp> 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 ]#

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