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 Message 8115 
 Nigel Reed to All 
 Re: tzdata question 
 02 Apr 25 18:47:12 
 
TZUTC: -0500
MSGID: 3007.fido_linux@1:124/5016 2c530e3f
REPLY: 8430.fi-linux@1:2320/105 2c529ef9
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 08:50:00 -0500
"Mike Powell" (1:2320/105)  wrote:

> > > So it is reading that information ("America/Indiana/Indianapolis")
> > > from somewhere that is not /etc/localtime and is also not
> > > /etc/timezone.  I would like to figure out where from so I can
> > > squash it. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux  
> 
> > Did you try running grep in /etc and looking for Indiana?  
> 
> > I use neither of the methods either of you mentioned for setting the
> > timezone. I use datetimectl for that, which just updates
> > /etc/localtime anyway, I guess.  
> 
> I only use tzdata because it installed by default and I presumed that
> other packages depend on it.  Does datetimectl do the same thing?
> 
> Mike
> 
>  * SLMR 2.1a * I had another drink...Drink-a-drink-a-drink-a-drink...
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Oh, it's just a program provided to give the user easy control over
date/time settings rather than dealing with symlinks and whatever.
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