Time Zones - Revision history

Jimbo: Reverted edit of 85.255.114.132, changed back to last version by Dave

2006-01-15T17:42:49Z

Reverted edit of 85.255.114.132, changed back to last version by Dave

Dave at 16:58, 18 October 2004

2004-10-18T16:58:58Z

Jimbo at 05:03, 18 October 2004

2004-10-18T05:03:06Z

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The local handling of time zones on your server is set by the file '''/etc/localtime'''. (If /etc/localtime is not present, the system will default to using Greenwich Meridian Time.) The easiest way to get the proper info into the /etc/localtime file is usually to copy the appropriate time zone info file from /usr/share/zoneinfo:

ph34r# '''ls /usr/share/zoneinfo'''
Africa Australia Etc MET WET
America CET Europe MST posixrules
Antarctica CST6CDT Factory MST7MDT zone.tab
Arctic EET GMT PST8PDT
Asia EST HST Pacific
Atlantic EST5EDT Indian SystemV

I happen to live in a region that uses Eastern Standard Time and ''does'' observe Daylight Savings Time at the appropriate times of the year, so:

ph34r# '''cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT /etc/localtime'''

And bingo, my server is now running on Eastern Standard (or Daylight, as appropriate) Time. No rebooting, HUPping, or other sorts of restarting is necessary. WARNING: this will ''immediately'' change the effective time on your system clock for purposes of any scheduled jobs, system or user. So be prepared for tons of jobs to start running at once if you jump the clock 5 hours in one fell swoop like this.

[[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]] [[Category:Common Tasks]]

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−	The local handling of time zones on your server is set by the file '''/etc/localtime'''. (If /etc/localtime is not present, the system will default to using Greenwich ~~Meridian~~ Time.) The easiest way to get the proper info into the /etc/localtime file is usually to copy the appropriate time zone info file from /usr/share/zoneinfo:	+	The local handling of time zones on your server is set by the file '''/etc/localtime'''. (If /etc/localtime is not present, the system will default to using Greenwich Mean Time.) The easiest way to get the proper info into the /etc/localtime file is usually to copy the appropriate time zone info file from /usr/share/zoneinfo:

	ph34r# '''ls /usr/share/zoneinfo'''		ph34r# '''ls /usr/share/zoneinfo'''