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   Mike Powell to NIGEL REED   
   Re: tzdata question   
   02 Apr 25 08:50:00   
   
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   MSGID: 8430.fi-linux@1:2320/105 2c529ef9   
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   > > 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   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I only use tzdata because it installed by default and I presumed that other   
   packages depend on it.  Does datetimectl do the same thing?   
      
   Mike   
      
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