On 22/03/2021 19:26, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sun, 2021-03-21 at 19:48 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
But, it seems that this was too simple. Things cannot be this simple anymore. We must have daemons involved in this process, for some unclear reason. The more, the merrier.
Pandemonium.
Even though these comments are not germane to the subject it should be pointed out that the command "timedatectl" does more than just set the timezone. It does unify, or seeks to unify, aspects of setting the time and date.
An example of that is that the user need not know what process is being used for NTP service. The set-ntp takes care of that.
When it comes to time zones, it can help clear up some ambiguities for people that don't live in the US. Like, did you know that Taiwan the abbreviation for our time zone is CST? Setting the time zone from the list provided by --list-timezones can assist those unaware of such things.