---
name: "tz-brasil"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "tz-brasil"
version: "0.10"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tz-brasil"
---

# tz-brasil(8)

adjust time zone information to Brazil.

## NAME

tz-brasil - adjust time zone information to Brazil.

## SYNOPSIS

**tz-brasil** \[ --force \| --test \| --verbose \| --allowed \| --refresh \| --help \| --info \]

## DESCRIPTION

This program contacts a server, gets the timezone information for Brazil and aplies it to the timezone.

## OPTIONS

This program is suposed to be run without arguments from cron. There are some options available for debugging.

- **--verbose**

  same as setting VERBOSE=2 in config file.

- **--test**

  same as --verbose.

- **--force**

  same as setting VERBOSE=2 in config file. Also removes fetch timestamp, forcing a new fetch.

- **--allowed**

  list allowed timezones and exit.

- **--help**

  shows a brief usage help and exit.

- **--refresh**

  syncronize /usr/share/zoneinfo/(yourzone) with /etc/localtime and exit.

- **--version**

  shows program version and exit.

- **--info**

  shows timestamp information and exit.

## FILES

/etc/tz-brasil.conf - configuration file.\
 /var/lib/tz-brasil/info - last timezone information retrieved.\
 /etc/cron.d/tz-brasil - cron configuration.\
 /usr/share/doc/tz-brasil/timezone.txt - read that :-)

## SEE ALSO

[**zic**(8)](/zic/8.md).\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Pedro Zorzenon Neto \<pzn@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).