FAQ: How can I set the default TimeZone to UTC in Fedora Core 1?

The GUI tool no longer lets you set the local timezone to UTC (that I can find).

So do this:

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 man tzselect for details.

-- strick 2004-04-07