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tzselect

Interactive timezone name selector

TLDR

Select timezone interactively
$ tzselect
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Find timezone by coordinates
$ tzselect -c [coordinates]
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SYNOPSIS

tzselect [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

tzselect provides an interactive menu for selecting a timezone. It walks through geographic regions to help identify the correct timezone. The selected timezone name is printed to stdout.
Note: This program does not actually set the system timezone. It only helps identify the correct timezone name that can then be used with other tools to configure the system.

PARAMETERS

-c COORDINATES

Ask for nearest timezone to ISO 6709 coordinates
-n LIMIT
Display at most this many choices

CAVEATS

Does not modify system configuration. Output must be used with other tools to set timezone. Interactive mode requires terminal input.

SEE ALSO

timedatectl(1), date(1)

> TERMINAL_GEAR

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