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How to set up time zone in Yocto-IMX8MM

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How to set up time zone in Yocto?

Boot up EBOX-IMX8MM unit and enter Yocto desktop, click upper-left icon to use weston-terminal.

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Input below command to get code list of default time zone in Yocto.

ls /usr/share/zoneinfo

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User can search further time zone from sub folder such as Asia, example as below:

ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia

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To change the time zone, execute command:

timedatectl set-timezone XXX

Note: XXX can be the code in sub folder or main folder, for example:

timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Tokyo

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Or

timedatectl set-timezone ROC (ROC stand for Republic of China, ie: Taiwan)

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*Input code with identical upper or lower case letters is necessary in Yocto command.


After time zone changed, Yocto will change system time automatically.