timezone(4)                                                     timezone(4)


   NAME
         timezone - set default system time zone

   SYNOPSIS
         /etc/TIMEZONE

   DESCRIPTION
         This file sets and exports the time zone environmental variable TZ.

         This file is ``dotted'' into other files that must know the time
         zone.

   EXAMPLES
         /etc/TIMEZONE for the east coast:

               #     Time Zone
               TZ=EST5EDT
               export TZ

   SEE ALSO
         rc2(1M), profile(4) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual.
         ctime(3C), environ(5).































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