[arch-general] /etc/timezone and /etc/localtime

[Aurko Roy]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Paul Gideon Dann <pdgiddie at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Does anyone know why both /etc/timezone and /etc/localtime are required for
> systemd?  It looks like duplicated data.  Also, "man 5 timezone" seems to
> flash
> something for a split second and close, which is also rather strange...
>
> Paul
>

"man 5 timezone" seems to be working fine. AFAIK /etc/localtime is a
symlink to your time zone file (/usr/share/zoneinfo/[your timezone]) which
depends on what you set in your /etc/timezone.

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