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diff --git a/man/timezone.xml b/man/localtime.xml index dedb7d90ff..09df161baa 100644 --- a/man/timezone.xml +++ b/man/localtime.xml @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ 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 @@ -22,9 +23,9 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> -<refentry id="timezone"> +<refentry id="localtime"> <refentryinfo> - <title>/etc/timezone</title> + <title>/etc/localtime</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> @@ -34,38 +35,46 @@ <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>timezone</refentrytitle> + <refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> - <refname>timezone</refname> + <refname>localtime</refname> <refpurpose>Local time zone configuration file</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> - <para><filename>/etc/timezone</filename></para> + <para><filename>/etc/localtime</filename> -> <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/…</filename></para> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para>The <filename>/etc/timezone</filename> file + <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 contain a single - newline-terminated line consisting of a time zone - identifier such as - <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal>. The file - <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> corresponds with - <filename>/etc/timezone</filename> and contains the - binary time zone data for the time zone. These files - should always be changed simultaneously and kept in - sync.</para> + to the user. It should be an absolute symbolic link + with a destination of <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo/</filename>, + fallowed by a time zone identifier such as + <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or <literal>Etc/UTC</literal>. + The resulting link should point 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 name of + the target 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 @@ -73,16 +82,10 @@ </refsect1> <refsect1> - <title>History</title> - - <para>The simple configuration file format of - <filename>/etc/timezone</filename> originates from - Debian GNU/Linux.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tzset</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> |