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timezone(4)
set default system time zone
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
Also by this name: timezone(3B), BSD C library
NAME
timezone - set default system time zone
SYNOPSIS
/etc/TIMEZONE
DESCRIPTION
This file sets and exports the time zone environmental variable TZ.
This file is ``dotted'' into other files that must know the time zone.
EXAMPLES
/etc/TIMEZONE for the east coast:
# Time Zone
TZ=EST5EDT
export TZ
SEE ALSO
ctime(3C), environ(5). rc2(1M), profile(4) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual.