https://github.com/meefik/tzupdater

Automatic update of time zones on Android
https://github.com/meefik/tzupdater

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Automatic update of time zones on Android

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/meefik/tzupdater
• Owner: meefik
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2015-09-21T08:55:46.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-09T22:04:01.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-14T18:05:49.365Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: android, timezones
• Language: Java
• Homepage: https://meefik.github.io/tzupdater
• Size: 6.62 MB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG
  • License: LICENSE

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# Timezone Updater

Copyright (C) 2015 Anton Skshidlevsky, GPLv3

This app downloads and updates time zones to the latest version on your device. This update should fix all known problems with time zones, such as incorrect time in Android and some applications.

The app is available for download on Google Play and GitHub:





**Requirements**:

- Android 4.0 (API 14) or later

- Superuser permissions (root)

- [BusyBox](https://github.com/meefik/busybox)

**Update procedure**:

1. Get superuser privileges (root).

2. Install BusyBox.

3. Check your connection to the Internet.

4. Tap UPDATE button.

5. Restart your device.

The following files will be updated:

- [TZ data](https://www.iana.org/time-zones/): /data/misc/zoneinfo/tzdata or /system/usr/share/zoneinfo/*

- [ICU data](https://icu.unicode.org/): /system/usr/icu/*.dat

**Attention!** Before starting the update procedure is recommended to make backup copies of these files or the entire system.