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GetTimezoneFile

Return name of timezone information file

Declaration

Source position: oldlinux.pp line 1313

function GetTimezoneFile: String;

Description

GetTimezoneFile returns the location of the current timezone file. The location of file is determined as follows:

  1. If /etc/timezone exists, it is read, and the contents of this file is returned. This should work on Debian systems.
  2. If /usr/lib/zoneinfo/localtime exists, then it is returned. (this file is a symlink to the timezone file on SuSE systems)
  3. If /etc/localtime exists, then it is returned. (this file is a symlink to the timezone file on RedHat systems)

Errors

If no file was found, an empty string is returned.

See also

ReadTimezoneFile

  

Read the timezone file and initialize time routines

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