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 char-
     acters.  A `#' indicates the beginning of a comment; charac-
     ters up to the end of the line are not interpreted  by  rou-
     tines  which  search  the  file.  The timezone is a pathname
     relative to the directory /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo.


     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 Express  Instal-
     lation 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






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File Formats                                          timezone(4)



SEE ALSO
     sysidtool(1M), TIMEZONE(4)


     Solaris Express Installation Guide: Basic Installations


















































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