====== Intro ======

In Tiny Core 1.1rc and beyond, the time zone is set via the kernel argument tz=. You need to know how your time zone is related to UTC/GMT (+ how many hours). See the references below if you don't know yours.

The only catch is that tz= reads its argument with a dash/minus instead of a cross/plus. For example, Melbourne, Australia is EDT+11 (UTC+11, daylight savings). For tz=, this will read EDT-11. To pass that to the kernel with GRUB:

^title		TinyCore Linux
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/tiny/bzImage tz=EDT-11
initrd		/tiny/tinycore.gz
^

If you are using an ISO (CD boot), use tz=. Read about that arg by pressing F3.
====== Resources ======
To find how your time zone is related to UTC/GMT, visit [[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/|timeanddate.com]] or google "UTC (your nearest major city)"

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time|Wikipedia on UTC]]
Forum Post - [[http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=429.0|Tiny Core 1.1rc1 announcement and changes]]
Forum Post - [[http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=469.0|Use dash, not cross in tz=]]
Forum Thread - [[http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=389.0|Setting Time Zone in 1.0]]