Problem with Arch Linux installation (zoneinfo)

Question

I'm installing Arch Linux thru a USB device. I have already downloaded the files into the root directory and now I was trying to set up my timezone for the clock. I went to cd /usr/share/zoneinfo and it displayed some country options for me to choose, but when I tried to access mine (Portugal), it says that it's not a directory.

This is how I try to access it: cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/Portugal

I tried with other countries for example Canada and it works on the others, not on Portugal. What should I do? What am I doing wrong and how do I fix this?

Solution

To set the timezone to Portugal do :

timedatectl set-timezone Portugal 

This command will create an /etc/localtime symlink that points to a zoneinfo file under /usr/share/zoneinfo/.

If you want to create the symlink manually do :

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Portugal /etc/localtime

Why cant I cd into it.

It is because it is a file.

Why is it a file?

It is a file because the time difference between each city in Portugal is not that much compared to cities in bigger countries like the U.S and/or Canada, which would have Subzones in the folder, but Portugal has no Subzones, therefore it is only a file and not a directory.

Comments

[Hunter.S.Thompson]

what is the output of ls -l /usr/share/zoneinfo/ | grep Portugal

[jeyejow]

@Hunter.S.Thompson it says: -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 3453 Mar 24 2017 Portugal

[jeyejow]

timedatectl set-timezone Portugal give me an error: "Failed to create bus connection: No such file or directory"

[Hunter.S.Thompson]

Try the command that manually creates the link to the file.