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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-04 11:54:16 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-04 12:21:34 +0100
commit17c20385fb4f620fe79a37f134f2c6f7d4205c27 (patch)
tree4f6f6aa014209b81d50e90530cbd9ea49d4d8f06
parenta6312f1dd07c358ac07e5e1ee3c8fff049055602 (diff)
doc: Mention 'tzselect'.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Mention 'tzselect' and invalid timezone strings.
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@@ -6044,6 +6044,10 @@ package}).
@item @code{timezone}
A timezone identifying string---e.g., @code{"Europe/Paris"}.
+You can run the @command{tzselect} command to find out which timezone
+string corresponds to your region. Choosing an invalid timezone name
+causes @command{guix system} to fail.
+
@item @code{locale} (default: @code{"en_US.utf8"})
The name of the default locale (@pxref{Locale Names,,, libc, The GNU C
Library Reference Manual}). @xref{Locales}, for more information.