tktz

If you are looking for a tool that can help you figure out the time in another country, tktz may be the software for you. This project is designed to read special timezone description files and display a list of countries and time zones for each entry. The software has been written and tested on FreeBSD 6.0 and is designed to work on every UNIX-like operating system except HP-UX.

Unfortunately, tktz is not currently available for Windows, but the developer may consider creating a version for this platform in the future. Before you can start using this tool, you will need to install Tcl/Tk version 8.4 or higher.

To install tktz, you will need to copy all of the distribution files to a directory of your choice. For example, you might choose to use the following command:

% cp -R tktz-x.y /usr/local/lib/tktz

Once the files have been copied, you will need to create a symlink to the executable file:

% ln -s /usr/local/lib/tktz/tktz /usr/local/bin/tktz

It is also important to make sure that you have a zone.tab file. This file is usually located near /usr/share/timezone/. If you need to specify a different path for this file, you can do so using the following command:

*Tktz.l_file_val.text: /path/to/another/timezone/file

Alternatively, you can start the application with the -xrm command line option and specify the path to the file in that way:

% tktz -xrm '*Tktz.l_file_val.text: /path/to/another/timezone/file'

Any command line argument will override the settings specified in .Xdefaults. Overall, tktz is a useful tool for anyone who needs to be able to quickly and easily figure out the time in other parts of the world.