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+.\" Copyright (c) 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
+.\" Copyright 2020 Joyent, Inc.
+.\"
+.Dd February 27, 2020
+.Dt TZRELOAD 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm tzreload
+.Nd notify timezone update
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm Op Fl a
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+command triggers processes to reread timezone information.
+The timezone information is cached in each process.
+In response to a
+.Nm
+command, this cache is updated on the next call to
+.Xr ctime 3C
+and
+.Xr mktime 3C
+by each process.
+By default,
+.Nm
+only triggers this update for the current zone.
+.Pp
+In addition to updating processes, the
+.Nm
+command also notifies
+.Xr cron 8
+to reinitialize the job scheduler with the new timezone information.
+.Sh OPTIONS
+The following options are supported:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a
+Update processes in all zones.
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Pa /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo
+Standard zone information directory.
+.El
+.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
+.Sy Committed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ctime 3C ,
+.Xr mktime 3C ,
+.Xr attributes 7 ,
+.Xr cron 8 ,
+.Xr zdump 8 ,
+.Xr zic 8 ,
+.Xr zoneadm 8
+.Sh NOTES
+Although
+.Nm
+reinitializes
+.Xr cron 8 ,
+applications that are affected by timezone changes still need to be restarted or
+reinitialized if they do not reread the new timezone information before timezone
+changes take place.