Why do I see timezone set to UTC after switch user to some user although the system has its timezone set to EST?
Issue
- Why do i see timezone set to UTC after switch user to some user although the system has its timezone set to EST?
The system has EST timezone.
# date
Mon Aug 4 13:56:24 EST 2014
However I see UTC timezone after switch user.
# su - user1
$ date
Mon Aug 4 18:57:22 UTC 2014
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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