Set the timezone in FreeBSD OS - How To

Set the timezone in FreeBSD OS - How To
Set the timezone in FreeBSD OS - How To, tzsetup, adjkerntz, timezone, time zone

How To set the timezone in FreeBSD OS

There are at least three methods of setting the timezone in FreeBSD:

1. using /usr/sbin/sysinstall (Configure -> Time Zone)

2. using tzsetup (sysinstall fastpath)

3. Copying from /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc or /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/ the timezone that coresponds to your city/GMT setting to /etc/localtime.

Once you've set the timezone in your FreeBSD server, run the command: adjkerntz -a (adjut kernel timezone).

Below you can find a snap from man adjkerntz:

ADJKERNTZ(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual ADJKERNTZ(8)

NAME
adjkerntz -- adjust local time CMOS clock to reflect time zone changes
and keep current timezone offset for the kernel

SYNOPSIS
adjkerntz -i
adjkerntz -a [-s]

DESCRIPTION
The adjkerntz utility maintains the proper relationship between the ker-
nel clock, which is always set to UTC, and the CMOS clock, which may be
set to local time. The adjkerntz utility also informs the kernel about
machine timezone shifts to maintain proper timestamps for local time file
systems such as the MS-DOS file system. The main purpose of this thing
is not general fixing of initially broken MS-DOS file timestamp idea but
keeping the same timestamps between FreeBSD MS-DOS file system and MS-DOS
operating system installed on the same machine. If the file
/etc/wall_cmos_clock exists, it means that CMOS clock keeps local time
(MS-DOS and MS-Windows compatible mode). If that file does not exist, it
means that the CMOS clock keeps UTC time. The adjkerntz utility passes
this state to the machdep.wall_cmos_clock kernel variable.

Adjustments may be needed at system startup and shutdown, and whenever a
time zone change occurs. To handle these different situations, adjkerntz
is invoked in two ways:
-a [-s]
This form is used to update the local time CMOS clock and kernel
machdep.adjkerntz variable when time zone changes occur, e.g., when
entering or leaving daylight savings time. The adjkerntz utility
uses the kernel clock's UTC time, the previously stored time zone
offset, and the changed time zone rule to calculate a new time zone
offset. It stores the new offset into the machdep.adjkerntz kernel
variable, and updates the wall CMOS clock to the new local time.
If 'adjkerntz -a' was started at a nonexistent time (during a time-
zone change), it exits with a warning diagnostic unless the -s
option was used, in which case adjkerntz sleeps 30 minutes and
tries again.

This form should be invoked from root's crontab(5) every half hour
between midnight and 5am, when most modern time zone changes occur.
Warning: do not use the -s option in a crontab(5) command line, or
multiple 'adjkerntz -a' instances could conflict with each other.

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