---
name: "tzselect"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libc-bin"
version: "2.41-12+deb13u4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tzselect"
---

# tzselect(1)

view timezones

## NAME

tzselect - view timezones

## SYNOPSIS

**tzselect**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page explains how you can use the **tzselect** utility to view the installed timezone. It comes handy when you want to know what time it is in other countries, or if you just wonder what timezones exist.

**tzselect** is called without any parameters from the shell. It shows a list of about one dozen geographic areas one can roughly recognize as continents. After choosing a geographic area by number, a list of countries and cities in this area will be shown.

You can press the **Enter** key to reprint the list. To choose a timezone, just press the number left to it. If your input is invalid, the list will be reprinted.

You may press **Ctrl-C** to interrupt the script at any time.

Note that **tzselect** will not actually change the timezone for you. Use 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' to achieve this.

## FILES

*/usr/share/zoneinfo/*

## SEE ALSO

[**hwclock**(8)](/hwclock/8.md)

## AUTHOR

Copyright 1998 Marcus Brinkmann \<brinkmd@debian.org\>

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