timezone(8) [osf1 man page]

timezone(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       timezone(8)

NAME

       timezone - Sets timezone information.

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/timezone [-d]

DESCRIPTION

       The  timezone  command is an interactive program for setting and changing the timezone for users running in the SVID 2 habitat. The program
       prompts you for specific information regarding the timezone for your area and outputs the settings of both the TZ and TZC environment vari-
       ables  to  the /etc/svid2_tZ file. If you specify the -d option, the timezone command outputs only the setting of the TZC environment vari-
       able.

       You must execute this command if you are using the SVID 2 habitat.  Once it is run, it does not need to be run again unless the	system	is
       re-installed.

RESTRICTIONS

       You must have superuser privileges to use the timezone command.

       Refer to the System V Compatibility User's Guide for information on the System V habitat.

SEE ALSO

       Functions: timezone(3)

       System V Compatibility User's Guide

       System Administration

																       timezone(8)

timezone(4)							   File Formats 						       timezone(4)

NAME

       timezone - default timezone data base

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/timezone

DESCRIPTION

       The  timezone  file contains information regarding the default timezone for each host in a domain. Alternatively, a single default line for
       the entire domain  may be specified. Each entry has the format:

       Timezone-name	official-host-or-domain-name

       Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or TAB characters. A `#' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end	of
       the  line  are not interpreted by routines which search the file. The timezone is a pathname relative to the directory /usr/share/lib/zone-
       info.

       This file is not actually referenced by any system software; it is merely used as a source file to construct the NIS  timezone.byname  map.
       This  map  is  read  by	sysidtool(1M)  to initialize the timezone of the client system at installation time. For more information, see the
       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations.

       The timezone file does not set the timezone environment variable TZ. See TIMEZONE(4) for information to set the TZ environment variable.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Typical timezone line

       Here is a typical line from the /etc/timezone file:

       US/Eastern	   East.Sun.COM #Sun East Coast

FILES

       /etc/timezone

SEE ALSO

       sysidtool(1M), TIMEZONE(4)

       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

SunOS 5.10							    18 Feb 2003 						       timezone(4)