#2684 NORM Trial-3: No way to set the timezone or the time or the time format, but the journal shows timestamps on everything

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#2684: No way to set the timezone or the time or the time format, but the journal
shows timestamps on everything
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  Reporter:  gnu     |       Owner:  Hal      
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Trial-3  
 Component:  sugar   |     Version:  Build 542
Resolution:          |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0       |  
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Comment (by hal):

 Nice try, but NTP works in UTC and ignores time zones.

 So does *nix internally.  Time zones are a UI/conversion issue.

 I assume the systems shipped to each country will be customized somewhat.
 If nothing else, a new machine should defalt to using the the local
 language.  Can setting the time zone piggyback on that?  How many target
 countries span multiple time zones?

 The default local time zone file lives in {{{/etc/localtime}}} so
 something like this will fix it:

 {{{cp -p /usr/share/zoneinfo/xxx /etc/localtime}}}


 PS: You can save a few megabytes of disk space if you don't need the other
 zone files.

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