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authorÉrico Rolim <erico.erc@gmail.com>2020-04-18 18:39:14 -0300
committerToyam Cox <aviator45003@gmail.com>2020-07-28 10:40:40 -0400
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rc.conf: add note recommending /etc/localtime
Recommend users to symlink their timezone to /etc/localtime instead of
setting TZ in /etc/rc.conf. List disadvantages of setting it in rc.conf.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rc.conf b/rc.conf
index 5dbad2e..db59f84 100644
--- a/rc.conf
+++ b/rc.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@
 # Set RTC to UTC or localtime.
 #HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
 
-# Set timezone, availables timezones at /usr/share/zoneinfo.
+# Set timezone, availables timezones can be found at /usr/share/zoneinfo.
+#
+# NOTE: it's preferred to set the timezone in /etc/localtime instead:
+#  - ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/<timezone> /etc/localtime
+# Setting the timezone here requires a reboot to apply any changes/fixes
+# and read-write access to the filesystem.
+#
 #TIMEZONE="Europe/Madrid"
 
 # Keymap to load, see loadkeys(8).