Subj : Re: tzdata question
To   : Mike Powell
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Thu Apr 03 2025 12:05:08

Hi Mike,

On 2025-04-01 21:54:17, I wrote to you:

 WvV> On Ubuntu I've only once set /etc/localtime to symlink to
 WvV> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam (in my case). As described in
 WvV> 'man 5 localtime'. I've never touched or editted /etc/timezone. That
 WvV> might be set automatically (on boot, but I don't really know), from
 WvV> where /etc/localtime links to...

 WvV> This is on multiple servers, that have been running for years, and are kept up
 WvV> to date regularly.

Today there was a tzdata update on those Ubuntu servers:

Unpacking:  tzdata (2025b-0ubuntu0.22.04) over (2025a-0ubuntu0.22.04)
Setting up: tzdata (2025b-0ubuntu0.22.04)

Current default time zone: 'Europe/Amsterdam'
Local time is now:      Thu Apr  3 10:29:57 CEST 2025.
Universal Time is now:  Thu Apr  3 08:29:57 UTC 2025.
Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.

All went smoothly.

/etc/localtime and /etc/timezone have a new timestamp (set to the date/time of the update). And are still correct...


Bye, Wilfred.

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