New in version 2.2.
crond
after changing the timezone, otherwise the jobs may run at the wrong time.timedatectl
or edit /etc/sysconfig/clock
or /etc/timezone
and hwclock
. On SmartOS, sm-set-timezone
, for macOS, systemsetup
, for BSD, /etc/localtime
is modified.Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
hwclock
string
|
|
Whether the hardware clock is in UTC or in local timezone.
Default is to keep current setting.
Note that this option is recommended not to change and may fail to configure, especially on virtual environments such as AWS.
At least one of name and hwclock are required.
Only used on Linux.
aliases: rtc |
name
string
|
Name of the timezone for the system clock.
Default is to keep current setting.
At least one of name and hwclock are required.
|
Note
sm-set-timezone
utility (part of the smtools package) is required to set the zone timezoneCommon return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
diff
complex
|
success |
The differences about the given arguments.
|
|
after
dictionary
|
The values after change
|
||
before
dictionary
|
The values before change
|
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