how to display current time setting?

Question

how to display the current time configuration like time zone in ubuntu?

in centos it is "cat /etc/sysconfig/clock"

What does the CentOS output for cat /etc/sysconfig/clock look like ?
like this [root@SUPA9611 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock ZONE="Europe/Amsterdam" UTC=true ARC=false

arrange · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-22 18:47:09Z

up vote 6 down vote accepted

I don't know of a single file, but this may give you the info needed:

cat /etc/timezone
grep UTC /etc/default/rcS
date
# hardware clock
sudo hwclock --show

answered Feb 22 '11 at 18:47

arrange
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thanks man.. it works – usef_ksa Feb 22 '11 at 18:55

asoundmove · Answer 2 · 2011-02-22 12:34:33Z

up vote 3 down vote

Check out info date, and for example date +'%z'

answered Feb 22 '11 at 12:34

asoundmove
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did not work! the output is like man date – usef_ksa Feb 22 '11 at 18:25

Aimon Bustardo · Answer 3 · 2013-05-28 04:28:35Z

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If you need a formatted Area ans Zone you can use:

$ grep `date +%Z` /etc/timezone 
  Etc/UTC

answered May 28 at 4:28

Aimon Bustardo
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