How to change the disposable time zone

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1

If I want to change the disposable time zone, where should I modify it? The disposable template? The template of the disposable template? Or dom0?

2

dom0’s timezone is sent to every qubes when they start up, meaning they all have the same value.

If you want a specific timezone for a qube, you will need to modify it manually. In your case, you need to change it in the disposable template so that the change is inherited by disposable qubes.

/rw/config/rc.local:

timedatectl set-timezone <timezone>
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/<timezone> /etc/localtime

# If on Q4.3, anon-timezone can be used instead
# qvm-features <qube> anon-timezone 1
qubesdb-rm /qubes-timezone

For a more structured way using vm-config:

# In dom0:
# qvm-features <qube> vm-config.timezone <timezone>

TIMEZONE=$(qubesdb-read /vm-config/timezone)
timedatectl set-timezone $TIMEZONE
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE /etc/localtime

# If on Q4.3, anon-timezone can be used instead
# qvm-features <qube> anon-timezone 1
qubesdb-rm /qubes-timezone
3

If you want to change it flexible do it in the disposable.
Terminal:
to see time zones: timedatectl list-timezones ( press q to exit list)
to set new time zone: timedatectl set-timezone Region/City.

If you want to to it permanent for the disposable clone the template and change it there.