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timedatectl:tldr:ad31e
timedatectl: Set the system timezone.
$ timedatectl set-timezone ${timezone}
try on your machine
The command "timedatectl set-timezone ${timezone}" is used to set the time zone on a Linux system using the timedatectl utility. Here's a breakdown of the command: - "timedatectl" is a command-line utility available in systems running systemd, the default init system for most modern Linux distributions.
- "set-timezone" is an option telling timedatectl to modify the system's time zone.
- "${timezone}" is a placeholder that should be substituted with the desired time zone identifier, such as "America/New_York" or "Europe/London". The $ sign and curly braces are used to refer to a shell variable, so ${timezone} should be replaced with the actual time zone you want to set. For example, if you want to set the time zone to "America/New_York", you would use the command: timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York After executing the command, the time zone of the system will be updated, and the system's clock and services dependent on the time zone will adjust accordingly.
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