Subj : Re: tzdata question To : All From : Nigel Reed Date : Tue Apr 01 2025 04:16 pm On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 15:16:50 -0500 "Mike Powell" (1:2320/105) wrote: > Re: Re: tzdata question > By: Wilfred van Velzen to Mike Powell on Tue Apr 01 2025 21:54:17 > > > On Ubuntu I've only once set /etc/localtime to symlink to > > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam (in my case). As described in > > 'man 5 localtime'. I've never touched or editted /etc/timezone. > > That might be set automatically (on boot, but I don't really > > know), from where /etc/localtime links to... > > > > This is on multiple servers, that have been running for years, and > > are kept to date regularly. > > Yes, I also did that and it was also working until the recent update I > mentioned. Now, I can symlink /etc/localtime to the correct timezone > and it will only stay set until the next time tzdata is updated. > tzdata ignores what is in the /etc/localtime symlink and resets it to > point to "America/Indiana/Indianapolis." > > So it is reading that information ("America/Indiana/Indianapolis") > from somewhere that is not /etc/localtime and is also not > /etc/timezone. I would like to figure out where from so I can squash > it. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux > * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) Did you try running grep in /etc and looking for Indiana? I use neither of the methods either of you mentioned for setting the timezone. I use datetimectl for that, which just updates /etc/localtime anyway, I guess. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016) .