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

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.