User guide

set timezone

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dst_rule=date[/time],date[/time]

The dates on which Daylight Saving Time (DST) occurs for a given time

zone. The “time” and “date” values are specified as follows:

time

The time at which DST occurs. The time is specified as “hh:[mm[:ss]]”

and defaults to 02:00.

date

The date at which DST occurs. The date can be specified using any of

the following forms:

Jn (1<=n<=365)

Where January 1=1 and December 31=365, and February 29 is not

included in the day count.

n (0<=n<=365)

Where January 1=0 and December 31=365, and February 29 is

included in the day count.

Mm.n.d (0[Sunday]<=d<=6[Saturday], 1<=n<=5,

1<=m<=12)

Specifies a particular day of the week, d, in week n of month m of

the year, where week 1 is the first week in which day d appears. 5

stands for the last week in which day d appears (which may be

either the 4th or 5th week).

Examples Configure time zone by using rules for a given region or city

#> set timezone name=Chicago