FreeBSD and time zones

FreeBSD support various time zones. To see all available time zones you can inspect /usr/share/zoneinfo directory contents. To change time zone you need to copy the time zone file to /etc/localtime.

For example, to set the local time zone to UTC you can use the following command:

cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime

And date command will show what time zone is used:

# date
Mon Sep 29 10:14:20 UTC 2014
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