1timezone(4)                      File Formats                      timezone(4)
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NAME

6       timezone - default timezone data base
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SYNOPSIS

9       /etc/timezone
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  timezone  file contains information regarding the default timezone
14       for each host in a domain. Alternatively, a single default line for the
15       entire domain  may be specified. Each entry has the format:
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17         Timezone-name    official-host-or-domain-name
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21       Items  are  separated  by any number of blanks and/or TAB characters. A
22       `#' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the  end  of
23       the  line  are  not  interpreted by routines which search the file. The
24       timezone is a pathname relative to the  directory  /usr/share/lib/zone‐
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28       This  file  is  not  actually  referenced by any system software; it is
29       merely used as a source file to construct the NIS timezone.byname  map.
30       This  map  is  read  by sysidtool(1M) to initialize the timezone of the
31       client system at installation  time.  For  more  information,  see  the
32       Solaris Express Installation Guide: Basic Installations.
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36       See TIMEZONE(4) for information to set the TZ environment variable.
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EXAMPLES

39       Example 1 Typical timezone line
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42       Here is a typical line from the /etc/timezone file:
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FILES

50       /etc/timezone
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SEE ALSO

54       sysidtool(1M), TIMEZONE(4)
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