XK0-005 Question #1163: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is C: export TZ=America/New_York. To temporarily change the Linux timezone to New York for the current shell session, the administrator should use the export TZ command.

System Management

Question

A Linux administrator looks at the /etc/timezone file and determines the need to change the time zone from California to New York temporarily. Which of the following commands will accomplish this?

Options

Ased -f TZ=America/New_York
Bcat TZ=America/New_York
Cexport TZ=America/New_York
Dprintf TZ=America/New_York

Explanation

To temporarily change the Linux timezone to New York for the current shell session, the administrator should use the export TZ command.

Common mistakes.

A. sed is a stream editor used for text manipulation in files; it cannot directly set environment variables to change the timezone.
B. cat is used to display file content and cannot be used to set environment variables for the current shell.
D. printf is a command for formatting and printing data; it does not set environment variables for the shell.

Concept tested. Linux timezone environment variable

Reference. https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/tzset.3.html

Topics

#Time Zone Management#Environment Variables#Linux Commands#Shell Configuration

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