TBLinux:Changing the Time Zone

The time zone of a Tmedia unit, such as the TMG800 or TMG3200, is configured on the Linux host using the tzselect command.

The following is provided as a sample of how to configure a time zone:
NOTE: User-typed parameters are shown in red.

[root@TB005375 ]# tzselect Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly. Please select a continent 1) Africa 2) Americas . . . 10) None - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format. #?2 Please select a country. 1) Anguilla . . . 10) Canada . . . 51) Virgin Islands (US) #?10 Please select one of the time zone regions. 1) Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador . . . 7) Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations . . . 27) Pacific Time - north Yukon #?7 The following information has been given: Canada Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations Therefore TZ= ‘America/Montreal’ will be used. Local time is now: Wed Aug 19 08:49:01 EDT 2009. Universal time is now: Wed Aug 19 08:49:01 UDT 2009. Is the above information OK? 1) Yes 2) No #?1 You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line TZ= ‘America/Montreal’; export TZ to the file ‘.profile’ in your home directory; then log out and log in again. Here is the TZ value again, this time on standard output so that you can use the /usr/bin/tzselect command in the shell script America/Montreal [root@TB005373 ]#

The above set the timezone for the bash shell only. To configure the time system-wide, manually change the file /etc/localtime to point to the right timezone.

$ rm /etc/localtime

$ ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/<Your Timezone> /etc/localtime

Example:

$ ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Fortaleza /etc/localtime

You can check for the correct timezone name inside that directory "/usr/share/zoneinfo/../..".

You need to restart Toolpack for it to apply the changes. E.g. Timestamps in toolpack logs.