Configuring Locale and Time Zone Settings

CompTIA Linux+ Domain:

Domain 1.0: Hardware and Systems Configuration

CompTIA Linux+ Objective:

Objective 1.6: Given a scenario, configure localization options.

    Overview

    This lab provides guidance on performing Lab 8: Configuring Locale and Time Zone Settings of the Linux+. By performing this lab, students will learn how to view and modify time zone and locale settings.

    OUTCOMES:

     

    In this lab, you will learn to:

    1. Learn how to view and modify time zone settings.
    2. Learn how to view and modify locale settings.
    Courses

    Key terms and descriptions

    Localization
    Localization (AKA locale) is a method to specify a standard for a geographic region.
    file
    file is a standard Unix program for recognizing the type of data contained in a computer file.
    locale
    A locale is a set of environmental variables that defines the language, country, and character encoding settings (or any other special variant preferences) for your applications and shell session on a Linux system.