Linux tzselect --选择时区

用途说明

tzselect命令用于选择时区。要注意的是tzselect只是帮我们把选择的时区显示出来，并不会实际生效，也就是说它仅仅告诉我们怎么样去设置环境变量TZ。（TZ = Time Zone）（The  tzselect  program asks the user forinformation about the current location, and outputs the resulting time zonedescription to standard output.  The output is suitable as a value for theTZ environment variable. All interaction with the user is done via standardinput and standard error.）如果你要永久更改时区，按照tzselect命令提示的信息，在.profile或者/etc/profile中设置正确的TZ环境变量并 导出。还有另外一种更改时区的方法就是直接更改系统配置文件/etc/sysconfig/clock，然后修改符号链接/etc/locatime对应 的文件，详见示例三。

 

常用参数

无。

使用示例

示例一 将时区更改为北京

[root@new55 ~]# tzselect

Please identify alocation so that time zone rules can be set correctly.

Please select acontinent or ocean.

 1) Africa

 2) Americas

 3) Antarctica

 4) ArcticOcean

 5) Asia

 6) AtlanticOcean

 7) Australia

 8) Europe

 9) IndianOcean

10) Pacific Ocean

11) none - I want tospecify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.

#? 5

Please select acountry.

 1)Afghanistan           18)Israel               35) Palestine

 2)Armenia              19)Japan                36) Philippines

 3)Azerbaijan           20)Jordan               37) Qatar

 4)Bahrain              21)Kazakhstan           38) Russia

 5)Bangladesh           22) Korea (North)         39) SaudiArabia

 6)Bhutan               23) Korea (South)         40) Singapore

 7)Brunei               24)Kuwait               41) Sri Lanka

 8)Cambodia             25)Kyrgyzstan           42) Syria

 9)China                26)Laos                 43) Taiwan

10)Cyprus               27)Lebanon              44) Tajikistan

11) EastTimor            28)Macau                45) Thailand

12)Georgia              29)Malaysia             46) Turkmenistan

13) HongKong            30)Mongolia             47) United Arab Emirates

14)India                31) Myanmar (Burma)       48) Uzbekistan

15)Indonesia            32)Nepal                49) Vietnam

16)Iran                 33)Oman                 50) Yemen

17)Iraq                 34) Pakistan

#? 9

Please select one ofthe following time zone regions.

1) east China -Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc.

2) Heilongjiang(except Mohe), Jilin

3) central China -Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, etc.

4) most of Tibet& Xinjiang

5) west Tibet &Xinjiang

#? 1

 

The followinginformation has been given:

 

       China

       east China - Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc.

 

ThereforeTZ='Asia/Shanghai' will be used.

Local time isnow:      Mon Dec  6 09:40:35 CST 2010.

Universal Time isnow:  Mon Dec  6 01:40:35 UTC 2010.

Is the aboveinformation OK?

1) Yes

2) No

#? 1

 

You can make thischange permanent for yourself by appending the line

       TZ='Asia/Shanghai'; export TZ

to the file'.profile' in your home directory; then log out and log in again.

 

Here is that TZvalue again, this time on standard output so that you

can use the/usr/bin/tzselect command in shell scripts:

Asia/Shanghai

[root@new55 ~]#

现在要做的事情就是按照提示，把 TZ='Asia/Shanghai'; export TZ 添加到.profile中（bash对应加到.bash_profile）。

 

示例二 将时区更改为夏威夷

[root@new55 ~]# tzselect

Please identify alocation so that time zone rules can be set correctly.

Please select acontinent or ocean.

 1) Africa

 2) Americas

 3) Antarctica

 4) ArcticOcean

 5) Asia

 6) AtlanticOcean

 7) Australia

 8) Europe

 9) IndianOcean

10) Pacific Ocean

11) none - I want tospecify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.

#? 2

Please select acountry.

 1)Anguilla                27) Honduras

 2) Antigua& Barbuda        28) Jamaica

 3)Argentina               29) Martinique

 4)Aruba                   30) Mexico

 5)Bahamas                 31) Montserrat

 6)Barbados                32) Netherlands Antilles

 7)Belize                  33) Nicaragua

 8)Bolivia                 34) Panama

 9)Brazil                  35) Paraguay

10)Canada                  36) Peru

11) CaymanIslands           37) PuertoRico

12)Chile                   38) St Barthelemy

13)Colombia                39) St Kitts & Nevis

14) CostaRica              40) St Lucia

15)Cuba                    41) St Martin (French part)

16)Dominica                42) St Pierre & Miquelon

17) DominicanRepublic       43) St Vincent

18)Ecuador                 44) Suriname

19) ElSalvador             45) Trinidad & Tobago

20) FrenchGuiana            46)Turks & Caicos Is

21)Greenland               47) United States

22)Grenada                 48) Uruguay

23)Guadeloupe              49) Venezuela

24)Guatemala               50) Virgin Islands (UK)

25)Guyana                  51) Virgin Islands (US)

26) Haiti

#? 47

Please select one ofthe following time zone regions.

 1) EasternTime

 2) EasternTime - Michigan - most locations

 3) EasternTime - Kentucky - Louisville area

 4) EasternTime - Kentucky - Wayne County

 5) EasternTime - Indiana - most locations

 6) EasternTime - Indiana - Daviess, Dubois, Knox & Martin Counties

 7) EasternTime - Indiana - Pulaski County

 8) EasternTime - Indiana - Crawford County

 9) EasternTime - Indiana - Pike County

10) Eastern Time -Indiana - Switzerland County

11) Central Time

12) Central Time -Indiana - Perry County

13) Central Time -Indiana - Starke County

14) Central Time -Michigan - Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron & Menominee Counties

15) Central Time -North Dakota - Oliver County

16) Central Time -North Dakota - Morton County (except Mandan area)

17) Mountain Time

18) Mountain Time -south Idaho & east Oregon

19) Mountain Time -Navajo

20) MountainStandard Time - Arizona

21) Pacific Time

22) Alaska Time

23) Alaska Time -Alaska panhandle

24) Alaska Time -Alaska panhandle neck

25) Alaska Time -west Alaska

26) Aleutian Islands

27) Hawaii

#? 27

 

The followinginformation has been given:

 

       United States

       Hawaii

 

ThereforeTZ='Pacific/Honolulu' will be used.

Local time isnow:      Sun Dec  5 16:37:02 HST 2010.

Universal Time isnow:  Mon Dec  6 02:37:02 UTC 2010.

Is the aboveinformation OK?

1) Yes

2) No

#? 1

 

You can make thischange permanent for yourself by appending the line

       TZ='Pacific/Honolulu'; export TZ

to the file'.profile' in your home directory; then log out and log in again.

 

Here is that TZvalue again, this time on standard output so that you

can use the/usr/bin/tzselect command in shell scripts:

Pacific/Honolulu

[root@new55 ~]#

[root@new55 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock

# The ZONE parameteris only evaluated by system-config-date.

# The timezone ofthe system is defined by the contents of /etc/localtime.

ZONE="Asia/Shanghai"

UTC=true

ARC=false

[root@new55 ~]#

注意：tzselect命令只告诉你选择的时区的 写法，并不会生效。所以现在它还是东8区北京时间。

[root@new55 ~]# date -R

Mon, 06 Dec 201010:46:11 +0800

[root@new55 ~]#

[root@new55 ~]# TZ='Pacific/Honolulu'; export TZ

[root@new55 ~]# date -R

Sun, 05 Dec 201016:46:44 -1000

[root@new55 ~]#

[root@new55 ~]# exit

logout

重新登录TZ就没有了。

Last login: MonDec  6 09:39:30 2010 from 192.168.6.106

[root@new55 ~]# echo $TZ

 

[root@new55 ~]#

示例三 通过更改配置文件来修改时区

[root@new55 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock

# The ZONE parameteris only evaluated by system-config-date.

# The timezone ofthe system is defined by the contents of /etc/localtime.

ZONE="Asia/Shanghai"

UTC=true

ARC=false

[root@new55 ~]#

修改linux系统时区

   1) 可修改/etc/sysconfig/clock

       ZONE=Asia/Shanghai （ 查/usr/share/zoneinfo 下面的文件。 ）

       UTC=false （ 硬件时钟是否为 UTC 或者说 GMT 时钟。 ）

       ARC=false （如果是在 Alpha 机器上，则设置为 true 。 ）

   （把硬件时钟设置为 UTC 的好处就是他能自动设置夏时制，缺点是，在安装有多重操作系统启动的机器上，在另外的操作系统上时钟会错误。 ）

   2) rm /etc/localtime

       Zhy: 这个文件是个符号链接？如果是在系统安装时就设置好的话，就是个普通文件。

   3) 以上海为例：

        ln -sf/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai /etc/localtime