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), ctime(3C), profile(4), environ(5).