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Timezone can easily be configured with the setup-timezone script.

The approach below is only convenient for systems that need frequent timezone changes, potentially while offline.

Manual configuration

Timezone data files are provided by te tzdata package. The current timezone is defined in the /etc/localtime file. To change the timezone, make this file a link to another timezone data file. For example:

apk add tzdata
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime

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-==Please note: Only for NON uclibc installs==
+Timezone can easily be configured with the [[Setup-alpine#setup-timezone|setup-timezone]]  script.
-glibc based installs use different timezone setup.
+The approach below is only convenient for systems that need frequent timezone changes, potentially while offline.
- apk add tzdata
+= Manual configuration=
- ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
-Suppose you want to use Brussels
+Timezone data files are provided by te {{Pkg|tzdata}} package. The current timezone is defined in the {{path|/etc/localtime}} file. To change the timezone, make this file a link to another timezone data file. For example:
-First copy the proper zone to localtime
-  cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime
+ apk add {{pkg|tzdata|arch=}}
-Now specify your timezone
+  ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime
- echo "Europe/Brussels" >  /etc/timezone
- date
+[[Category:System Administration]]
-Result: Wed Mar  8 00:46:05 CET 2006