On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 12:51 AM <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 10:30:42AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > [...] > > > See systemd-timedated.service(8) and org.freedesktop.timedate1(5) > > > > busctl introspect org.freedesktop.timedate1 /org/freedesktop/timedate1 > > # Values are stripped > > org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties interface - > > [...] > > > Desktop environments use this interface. > > Ugh. > > [...] > > > I would not be surprised to find an "Automatic time zone" checkbox in GUI > > settings similar to e.g. Android. > > Double ugh. > > UNIX got that right from the start. Now this crazy notion "the computer > HAS to have a timezone of its own" is creeping in. > > Glad I stay clear from that "Desktop" craze. Thanks for giving me yet > another reason :-)
I think you will find a fair number of Unix & Linux servers set a default timezone. I sometimes have to set TZ in my bashrc because of an unexpected default timezone. Or that's been my experience at the GCC Compile Farm, <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm>. Jeff
