Linux: Set System Timezone Based on your IP Address

Posted Jan 14, 2025

By Stefan Budim

1 min read

Set system timezone based on your IP Address.

  
ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/$(wget -qO - http://ip-api.com/line?fields=timezone) /etc/localtime

The more static way would be

ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime

The command depends on the availability and reliability of ip-api.com.

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