how to set timezone in BSD

Guy Harris guy at auspex.auspex.com
Tue Feb 27 08:34:29 AEST 1990


>You got it! Look under /etc (whatever the equivalent is). There should be
>also a directory called "zoneinfo" or "TZ" or something like that....

>But then, that's my system, your mileage probably will vary!

You bet.  That's the Arthur Olson timezone scheme; if your system has
it, great, but not all systems do.  If there *isn't* a "zoneinfo" in
"/etc" or "/usr/share/lib" or any other "obvious" directory, your system
probably doesn't have it.



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