Hi guys, what is the best way to get/compile my timezone (America/Costa_Rica) information on

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Hi guys, what is the best way to get/compile my timezone (America/Costa_Rica) information on the Angstrom distro on the BBB?

It seems that the Costa_Rica file is missing from /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ folder on the default installation.

I tried to find some info about this on Google but most people seem to live in timezones that are already compiled (making the procedure very straightforward).

Any pointers to any information are greatly appreciated.

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I’m not sure why the time zone file is missing, but I was able to create it. I downloaded http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013c.tar.gz and http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode2013c.tar.gz from http://www.iana.org/time-zones and confirmed it would build a valid etc/zoneinfo/America/Costa_Rica file I could copy into /usr/share/zoneinfo.

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One extra note, I did need to download https://raw.github.com/eggert/tz/master/yearistype.sh to enable stuff to build.

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Thanks, it worked flawlessly (I didn’t even have to download yearistype.sh manually)…

During my search for information I did found IANA’s website but I thought there was a way native to angstrom of doing this compilation (like there is a way to generate locales on other distros through a command line utility or reconfiguring a package). Anyway, everything seems to be working now.

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I bet there is, but I don’t know it.

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@Jason_Kridner Well, your suggestion solved the problem, so I’m going with that for the time being.

Once again, thanks.