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[Rick Stevens]

roland brouwers wrote:
> Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 09:59:23PM +0200, roland brouwers wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Now that I have you on line, a little other question:
>>>>How can I change the Timezone for the server and for the user?
>>>
>>>The easiest way is, as root, use "redhat-config-time".  Tbis is the
>>>same tool that was used initially if you installed in GUI mode.
>>>
>>>When it comes up, click on the "Timezone" tab and select your desired
>>>timezone.
>>>
>>>Okt the 23th:
>>>
>>>I did what you suggested and put the server on timezone: Paris.
>>>When I login with the user roland I get a time 7 hours less.
>>>I mean, if I get out of my program to the shell, the date command
>>>delivers the right time. Back into my program I get 7 hours less.
>>>Isn't there a variable, in bash_profile, which can be set to the
> 
> correct
> 
>>>timezone.
>>
>>
>>You may need to reboot the machine for the timezone change to affect
>>all processes on the machine.
> 
> 
> Yes, you must do a reboot.  Sorry I didn't mention that.
> 
> As I said, I did a reboot. Isn't there any variable that can be set for
> the user, in his home profile?
> What do you do when the server is in New-york and the workstation is in
> Belgium? 
> 
> I just wonder.

There is a system-level timezone (see /etc/sysconfig/clock) that sets
the time for the whole system.  Each user can set an individual "TZ" 
environment variable in their profile (.bash_profie or .bashrc or
whatever) should they wish to.
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