title FAQ: How can I set the default TimeZone to UTC in Fedora Core 1?
user strick
ip 209.125.90.98
vol 1
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The GUI tool no longer lets you set the local timezone
to UTC (that I can find).

So do this:

/b /tt cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/UCT /etc/localtime

In fact, you can copy any zoneinfo file from
beneath /usr/share/zoneinfo to /etc/localtime
to set the machine's default timezone.

( How I figured this out: I ran strace on /bin/date,
and saw it open /etc/localtime )

The TZ environment variable can override it;
see
/b /tt man tzselect
 for details.

-- strick 200