From ebcc63ec2a7f1c2c26b6fdc615d3baaac8104c4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew David Wong Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 14:36:29 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Improve time zone document (#714) - Move from Common Tasks to Configuration Guides, since most users will just use the GUI - Rename from `change-timezone-terminal.md` to `change-time-zone.md` (1) because we don't want multiple time zone documents for terminal and non-terminal usage and (2) to make the orthography of "time zone" consistent; update title and permalink accordingly - Make heading syntax consistent - Add heading - Fix code block syntax - Fix typo - Add page to ToC --- .../change-time-zone.md | 31 +++++++++---------- doc.md | 1 + 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) rename common-tasks/change-timezone-terminal.md => configuration/change-time-zone.md (51%) diff --git a/common-tasks/change-timezone-terminal.md b/configuration/change-time-zone.md similarity index 51% rename from common-tasks/change-timezone-terminal.md rename to configuration/change-time-zone.md index f4c025e3..48463178 100644 --- a/common-tasks/change-timezone-terminal.md +++ b/configuration/change-time-zone.md @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ --- layout: doc -title: Change Time Zone in Terminal -permalink: /doc/change-timezone-terminal/ +title: Changing your Time Zone +permalink: /doc/change-time-zone/ --- -Change Time Zone in Terminal -============================ +# Changing your Time Zone # ## Qubes 4.0 ## +### Command line ### + If you use the i3 window manager or would prefer to change the system's time zone in terminal you can issue the `timedatectl` command with the option `set-timezone`. @@ -16,9 +17,7 @@ zone in terminal you can issue the `timedatectl` command with the option For example, to set the system's time zone to Berlin, Germany type in a dom0 terminal: - ~~~~ - $ sudo timedatectl set-timezone 'Europe/Berlin - ~~~~ + $ sudo timedatectl set-timezone 'Europe/Berlin' You can list the available time zones with the option `list-timezones` and show the current settings of the system clock and time zone with option `status`. @@ -26,14 +25,12 @@ the current settings of the system clock and time zone with option `status`. Example output status of `timedatectl` on a system with time zone set to Europe/Berlin: - ~~~~ - [user@dom0 ~]$ timedatectl status - Local time: Sun 2018-10-14 06:20:00 CEST - Universal time: Sun 2018-10-14 04:20:00 UTC - RTC time: Sun 2018-10-14 04:20:00 - Time zone: Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200) - Network time on: no - NTP synchronized: no - RTC in local TZ: no - ~~~~ + [user@dom0 ~]$ timedatectl status + Local time: Sun 2018-10-14 06:20:00 CEST + Universal time: Sun 2018-10-14 04:20:00 UTC + RTC time: Sun 2018-10-14 04:20:00 + Time zone: Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200) + Network time on: no + NTP synchronized: no + RTC in local TZ: no diff --git a/doc.md b/doc.md index 00b666ed..dec7b8ac 100644 --- a/doc.md +++ b/doc.md @@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Configuration Guides * [Multibooting](/doc/multiboot/) * [Resize Disk Image](/doc/resize-disk-image/) * [RPC Policies](/doc/rpc-policy/) + * [Changing your Time Zone](/doc/change-time-zone) * [Installing ZFS in Qubes](/doc/zfs/) * [Mutt Guide](/doc/mutt/) * [Postfix Guide](/doc/postfix/)