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Information about system timezone setting. How to change the System Timezone.
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= Information =
Quote {{project_name_long}} [[Post Install Advice]]:

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To protect against time zone leaks, the system clock inside {{project_name_short}} is set to UTC. This means it may be a few hours before or ahead of your host system clock. <u>Do not change this setting!</u>
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= Change System Timezone =
'''1.''' Introduction.

'''{{project_name_short}} <u>specific</u> part:''' To prevent package [https://github.com/whonix/anon-apps-config anon-apps-config] from changing the timezone to UTC during upgrades, a status file must be created as documented in the next step. <ref>
https://github.com/Whonix/anon-apps-config/commit/85dcdaaeafe150a740949d5b8d167e6f0fa10c7d
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'''2.''' Select your platform. 

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'''3.''' Run the following command.

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'''3.''' Run the following 2 commands.

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sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/
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'''4.''' Actual timezone change.

'''{{project_name_short}} <u>unspecific</u> part:''' Time zone can be adjusted as per [[Self_Support_First_Policy|Self Support First Policy]].

<u>Note:</u>

* '''A)''' System setting: System timezone as configured <code>/etc/timezone</code> / <code>/etc/localtime</code> is a "system setting". 
* '''B)''' User setting: What (Xfce) graphical user interface clock widget is showing and its setting might be independent from the "system setting" since that is a "user setting".

'''5.''' Done.

The process of changing the timezone has been completed.

= Timezone vs sdwdate =
[[sdwdate]] is mostly unrelated. It can operate independently of system timezone setting. It is a time synchronization daemon. It does not alter the system timezone.

= Timezone vs Tor Browser =
[[Tor Browser]] has its own independent development team and independent implementation of timezone change. This is [[unspecific]] to Whonix. Tor Browser does the same on non-Whonix systems. In other words, Tor Browser does the same on Debian hosts. Changing the system timezone will not affect Tor Browser.

= Related =
* [[sdwdate]]

= Footnotes / References =
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