Re: IST for system, local time for people

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Globe Trotter writes:
> wouldnt system-config-time do it, or does that also change the system time??
> 
> 
> --- "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > My system clock uses IST, which is how I want it.
> > > 
> > > However, I want to display a clock for my purposes set to my local time.
> > > Otherwise, I'm always doing mental arithmetic to figure out the time!
> > > 
> > > Anyone else have this setup?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > 
> > > Thufir
> > > 
> > If I understand you correctly, you want the time displayed to be a
> > different time zone then the system time zone. If you just want the
> > clock in Gnome to do this, you can configure the clock. On the other
> > hand, if you want it for all applications, then you need to set the
> > TZ variable. You could do this in .bashrc.

for example ...

TZ=US/Eastern # -5/-4
export TZ

I have taken to sourcing a .timezones file in my $HOME/.bashrc where I #
and un# various time zone definitions depending on where I'm traveling.
Gives me local time wherever I find myself.

> > 
> > Mikkel
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