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- <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 215</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="localtime"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>localtime — Local timezone configuration file</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><p><code class="filename">/etc/localtime</code> -> <code class="filename">../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</code></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214172654304"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p>The <code class="filename">/etc/localtime</code> file
+ <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 217</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="localtime"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>localtime — Local timezone configuration file</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><p><code class="filename">/etc/localtime</code> -> <code class="filename">../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</code></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214196917616"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p>The <code class="filename">/etc/localtime</code> file
configures the system-wide timezone of the local
system that is used by applications for presentation
to the user. It should be an absolute or relative
"<code class="literal">Europe/Berlin</code>" or
"<code class="literal">Etc/UTC</code>". The resulting link should
lead to the corresponding binary
- <a href="tzfile.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tzfile</span>(5)</span></a>
+ <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/tzfile.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tzfile</span>(5)</span></a>
timezone data for the configured timezone.</p><p>Because the timezone identifier is extracted from
the symlink target name of
<code class="filename">/etc/localtime</code>, this file may not
be a normal file or hardlink.</p><p>The timezone may be overridden for individual
programs by using the TZ environment variable. See
- <a href="environ.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">environ</span>(7)</span></a>.</p><p>You may use
+ <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/environ.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">environ</span>(7)</span></a>.</p><p>You may use
<a href="timedatectl.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">timedatectl</span>(1)</span></a>
to change the settings of this file from the command
- line.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214173999696"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p>
+ line during runtime. Use
+ <a href="systemd-firstboot.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-firstboot</span>(1)</span></a>
+ to initialize the time zone on mounted (but not
+ booted) system images.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214196907008"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p>
<a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>,
- <a href="tzset.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tzset</span>(3)</span></a>,
+ <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/tzset.3.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tzset</span>(3)</span></a>,
<a href="localtime.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">localtime</span>(3)</span></a>,
<a href="timedatectl.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">timedatectl</span>(1)</span></a>,
- <a href="systemd-timedated.service.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-timedated.service</span>(8)</span></a>
+ <a href="systemd-timedated.service.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-timedated.service</span>(8)</span></a>,
+ <a href="systemd-firstboot.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-firstboot</span>(1)</span></a>
</p></div></div></body></html>