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# Setting the timezone
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HitchHiker will default to Eastern Standard Time in the United States.
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If this is incorrect for where you reside, create the file `/etc/tz`
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and edit it's contents to set the variable `TZ` to point to the correct
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timezone. You can determine what the correct timezone should be by
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running the command `tzselect`.
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Let's give as an example someone living in Stockholm, Sweden.
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```Sh
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Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
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Please select a continent, ocean, "coord", or "TZ".
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1) Africa 7) Australia
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2) Americas 8) Europe
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3) Antarctica 9) Indian Ocean
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4) Arctic Ocean 10) Pacific Ocean
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5) Asia 11) coord - I want to use geographical coordinates.
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6) Atlantic Ocean 12) TZ - I want to specify the timezone using the Posix TZ format.
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#? 8
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Please select a country whose clocks agree with yours.
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1) Åland Islands 9) Bulgaria 17) Germany 25) Jersey 33) Montenegro 41) San Marino 49) Ukraine
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2) Albania 10) Croatia 18) Gibraltar 26) Latvia 34) Netherlands 42) Serbia 50) Vatican City
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3) Andorra 11) Cyprus 19) Greece 27) Liechtenstein 35) North Macedonia 43) Slovakia
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4) Austria 12) Czech Republic 20) Guernsey 28) Lithuania 36) Norway 44) Slovenia
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5) Belarus 13) Denmark 21) Hungary 29) Luxembourg 37) Poland 45) Spain
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6) Belgium 14) Estonia 22) Ireland 30) Malta 38) Portugal 46) Sweden
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7) Bosnia & Herzegovina 15) Finland 23) Isle of Man 31) Moldova 39) Romania 47) Switzerland
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8) Britain (UK) 16) France 24) Italy 32) Monaco 40) Russia 48) Turkey
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#? 46
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The following information has been given:
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Sweden
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Germany (most areas), Scandinavia
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Therefore TZ='Europe/Berlin' will be used.
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Selected time is now: Tue Sep 6 17:46:11 CEST 2022.
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Universal Time is now: Tue Sep 6 15:46:11 UTC 2022.
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Is the above information OK?
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1) Yes
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2) No
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#? 1
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You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line
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TZ='Europe/Berlin'; export TZ
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to the file '.profile' in your home directory; then log out and log in again.
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Here is that TZ value again, this time on standard output so that you
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can use the /usr/bin/tzselect command in shell scripts:
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Europe/Berlin
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```
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This user would then create the file `/etc/tz` with the following
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contents.
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```Sh
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TZ="Europe/Berlin"
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```
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