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==Please note: Only for NON uclibc installs==
 
{{Note|Only for NON uclibc installs!!!}}


glibc based installs use different timezone setup.
glibc based installs use different timezone setup.


# ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
apk add tzdata
(Suppose you want to use Brussels)
ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
(First copy the proper zone to localtime)
Suppose you want to use Brussels
# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime
First copy the proper zone to localtime
(Now specify your timezone)
cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime
# nano -w /etc/timezone
Now specify your timezone
Europe/Brussels
echo "Europe/Brussels" >  /etc/timezone
date
Result: Wed Mar  8 00:46:05 CET 2006


# date
You can now remove the other timezones
Wed Mar 8 00:46:05 CET 2006
  apk del tzdata

Revision as of 23:22, 11 January 2013

Note: Only for NON uclibc installs!!!

glibc based installs use different timezone setup.

apk add tzdata
ls /usr/share/zoneinfo

Suppose you want to use Brussels First copy the proper zone to localtime

cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime

Now specify your timezone

echo "Europe/Brussels" >  /etc/timezone
date

Result: Wed Mar 8 00:46:05 CET 2006

You can now remove the other timezones

apk del tzdata