Unix Timezone Settings

[Glenn Burkhardt]

> Some Unix's (SCO Unixware for one...) uses a timezone setting in
> /etc/TZ.  What's the relationship between the timezone setting and the
> local time?  I assume the timezone is set to the local timezone (in our
> case GMT+5 or US/EASTERN), but what about setting the local time?

What do you mean by "local time"?  Do you mean the setting for the BIOS clock?

The current systems allow the BIOS clock to be either in GMT or the local
time.  I've generally used the 'timeconfig' to change these settings; the
man page says it changes '/etc/sysconfig/clock' and '/etc/localtime'.


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