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CDIST-TYPE__TIMEZONE(7) cdist CDIST-TYPE__TIMEZONE(7)

NAME

cdist-type__timezone - Allows one to configure the desired localtime timezone.

DESCRIPTION

This type creates a symlink (/etc/localtime) to the selected timezone (which should be available in /usr/share/zoneinfo).

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

The name of timezone to set.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

None.

EXAMPLES

# Set up Europe/Andorra as our timezone.
__timezone --tz Europe/Andorra
# Set up US/Central as our timezone.
__timezone --tz US/Central


AUTHORS

Steven Armstrong <<steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>>
Nico Schottelius <<nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>>
Ramon Salvadó <<rsalvado--@--gnuine--dot--com>>
Dennis Camera <<dennis.camera--@--ssrq-sds-fds.ch>>

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2012-2020 the AUTHORS. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Copyright

ungleich GmbH 2021

December 14, 2025 7.0.0