Comments on: Linux, UNIX set the time zone on a per user basis http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-set-time-zone-per-user-basis/ Every answer asks a more beautiful question. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cbthttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-set-time-zone-per-user-basis/#comment-47237 cbt Fri, 07 May 2010 16:27:55 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-set-time-zone-per-user-basis/#comment-47237 If I set TZ for my user, will my user's crontab run at my new timezone, or the system timezone? If I set TZ for my user, will my user’s crontab run at my new timezone, or the system timezone?

]]> By: Vasudevahttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-set-time-zone-per-user-basis/#comment-37728 Vasudeva Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:04:41 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-set-time-zone-per-user-basis/#comment-37728 Awesome Vivek. It works fine for me. Awesome Vivek. It works fine for me.

]]> By: Raihttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-set-time-zone-per-user-basis/#comment-37726 Rai Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:16:39 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-set-time-zone-per-user-basis/#comment-37726 The above steps don't seem to work well. Please check the link http://rai.amalji.com/timecheck.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` [root@ rai]# cat timecheck.php <?php echo "Present time in (India IST) is : ".date("d D, M Y - h:i:s A").""; ?> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` [root@ rai]# ll .bash .bash_profile .bashrc [root@ rai]# cat .bash* export TZ="/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta" export TZ="/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Please check the correct time comparisons from : http://www.amalji.com/time Fix: Use php : http://rai.amalji.com/timecheck1.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` <?PHP putenv("TZ=Asia/Calcutta"); echo "Present time in (India IST) is : ".date("d D, M Y - h:i:s A").""; ?> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` I'd appreciate if you let me know what was wrong. :-) Rai The above steps don’t seem to work well.

Please check the link http://rai.amalji.com/timecheck.php

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[root@ rai]# cat timecheck.php
<?php

echo “Present time in (India IST) is : “.date(“d D, M Y – h:i:s A”).”";
?>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
[root@ rai]# ll .bash
.bash_profile .bashrc

[root@ rai]# cat .bash*
export TZ=”/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta”
export TZ=”/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

Please check the correct time comparisons from :
http://www.amalji.com/time

Fix:

Use php : http://rai.amalji.com/timecheck1.php
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
<?PHP

putenv(“TZ=Asia/Calcutta”);
echo “Present time in (India IST) is : “.date(“d D, M Y – h:i:s A”).”";
?>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

I’d appreciate if you let me know what was wrong. :-)

Rai

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