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diff --git a/man/localtime.xml b/man/localtime.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..88c84a3682 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/localtime.xml @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering + Copyright 2012 Shawn Landden + + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="localtime"> + <refentryinfo> + <title>/etc/localtime</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Lennart</firstname> + <surname>Poettering</surname> + <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> + </author> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Shawn</firstname> + <surname>Landden</surname> + <email>shawnlandden@gmail.com</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>localtime</refname> + <refpurpose>Local time zone configuration file</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <para><filename>/etc/localtime</filename> -> <filename>../usr/share/zoneinfo/…</filename></para> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>The <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file + configures the system-wide time zone of the local + system that is used by applications for presentation + to the user. It should be an absolute or relative + symbolic link pointing to + <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>, followed by + a time zone identifier such as + <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or + <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>. The resulting link should + lead to the corresponding binary + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzfile</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> + time zone data for the configured time zone.</para> + + <para>As the time zone identifier is extracted from + the symlink target name of + <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> this file may not + be a normal file or hardlink.</para> + + <para>The time zone may be overridden for individual + programs by using the TZ environment variable. See + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + + <para>You may use + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + to change the settings of this file from the command + line.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |