Doesn't work on CentOS 7

[indigo423]

If i try to set the "tz" parameter to a different timezone it is not applied on CentOS 7. With Ubuntu 14.04 the cookbook works as expected.

I got it to work by applying manually the pull request: #24 and set an additional parameter use_symlink = true

[L2G]

It looks like the issue with EL 7 is that the system utility for setting the timezone was replaced.

• EL 6: set ZONE=timezone_name in /etc/sysconfig/clock, then run tzdata-update
• EL 7: just run timedatectl set-timezone timezone_name

The reason why applying #24 worked is that it unconditionally called the linux-generic recipe, which replaces /etc/localtime on its own and is intended for systems that don't have their own utility for doing so. I don't want the cookbook to be managing /etc/localtime by default, although anyone could certainly call the linux-generic recipe directly if they prefer that approach.

As an aside, the timedatectl utility has nice, human-friendly output that explains the daylight-savings-time rules in effect for the current timezone, which I think is neato.

[indigo423]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I'll give it a try.

[L2G]

Oh, and yes, I'm working on a fix for this as I type this. But if you don't see significant commits from me in the next day, I've probably given up on it and could use help. 😸

[L2G]

Oh, look at this, it's the same timedatectl as the fedora recipe uses. Maybe some refactoring is in order.