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| author | Luca BRUNO <luca.bruno@coreos.com> | 2020-12-21 09:55:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2020-12-21 12:39:18 +0000 |
| commit | 3d909037e3bb86bb14ceef98325b2759b938a4b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 2d3279023d47785a096278267636f17ee095ee3c /man/localtime.xml | |
| parent | c6b90e5c5e54e98b6aed38677f77d8491f2e49c8 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-3d909037e3bb86bb14ceef98325b2759b938a4b3.tar.gz | |
man/localtime: document default timezone
This explicitly documents the default `UTC` timezone which is used
by systemd and (other softwares) when `/etc/localtime` is not present.
Ref: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/v247/src/basic/time-util.c#L1460-L1469
Diffstat (limited to 'man/localtime.xml')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/localtime.xml b/man/localtime.xml index 73c1b8e5a3..e486474c44 100644 --- a/man/localtime.xml +++ b/man/localtime.xml @@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ symlink target name of <filename>/etc/localtime</filename>, this file may not be a normal file or hardlink.</para> + <para>If <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> is missing, the + default <literal>UTC</literal> timezone is used.</para> + <para>The timezone may be overridden for individual programs by using the <varname>$TZ</varname> environment variable. See <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |