I documented how to change the time zone non-interactively in
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-to-change-the-time-zone-in-ubuntu-
using-the-command-line/35307 because the log-in to
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime timed out. As mentioned in
the linked Debian bug reports and here, this
Please update https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime under "Using
the Command Line (unattended)" with the new behavior.
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According to the upstream package maintainer in Debian (Aurelien Jarno),
/etc/localtime is the authoritive source of information, while
/etc/timezone is just a Debian-specific artifact.
Thus the preferred approach for changing the timzone is indeed the
change of the /etc/localtime symlink, followe
FWIW, at least for a phusion Docker image which is based on Ubuntu
16.04, this workaround seems to work. As with most things in life
related to computer administration there may be a wrinkle to this that I
have not yet found.
ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto /etc/localtime && printf
'Ame
A SO question has been asked about this:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40234847/docker-timezone-in-
ubuntu-16-04-image/43405380
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A simpler workaround that was OK for me:
rm /etc/localtime
dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
After /etc/localtime is removed, it is regenerated properly.
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Michael's workaround works for me, but I'm waiting for fix release.
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Title:
Change of behavior: "dpkg-reconfigure -f n
Looks like for the time being this is the best:
# change this based on desired locale
ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific-New /etc/localtime
dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
ignore /etc/timezone, that seems to be properly reflected after the
dpkg-reconfigure...
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Any workaround for this? - How would one automate setting a timezone on
16.04?
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Title:
Change of behavior: "dpkg-recon
Ah, sorry, didn't read the report properly. Thank you for the
workaround! -- Any workaround for echo "en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8" >
/var/lib/locales/supported.d/local?
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: tzdata (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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