Darryl Gregorash wrote:
In this case, it actually is so simple. I already did the legwork for both Ed and Simon -- all they have to do is copy and paste. They don't have to worry about how the /usr/share/zoneinfo/ tree is set up, don't have to worry about "where is that *#@$*&(*& MST7MDT thingy anyway" when they use the Date and Time panel in Yast (but for the record, it is under "Global", which is merely yast-ese for "it is in /usr/share/zoninfo/ and not in any subdirectory of that), and certainly don't have to wonder what that "etc" thingy is at the bottom of the zone column in the Yast Date and Time panel.
I don't know how much more simple it could be, and I really don't know why people always have to argue about what is/should be/could be/might be, without actually directly answering the OP's question(s), when someone else has actually gone out and found a safe, complete, solution for the OP. Next will you be suggesting that using the Yast sysconfig editor is equally evil? (That is surely how Ed entered his timezone information.)
In Carl's defense, let me say that it is good to have input from several different sources, on several different methods. It' true that I still depend on the YaST tool a lot, but I am trying to learn scripting, so all the info I've seen in this discussion will be a help to me in one way or another. Even when two people say the same thing, I will understand one better, so please don't discourage anyone from telling what they know. Thanks All, -- ED --