I wanted a fast and dependable way to set my system's timezone when traveling to new places with a laptop running Linux.

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A bash script that combines geolocation assistance with a fuzzy picker (fzf, dmenu, or Walker) to simplify setting the system timezone on Linux. The script fetches the current timezone, optionally queries ipapi.co for a geolocated suggestion, pipes all valid timezones into the picker, sets the chosen timezone via timedatectl without requiring a password (via sudoers), and reloads the status bar. The post explains the motivation, trade-offs of manual vs. geo-only approaches, and provides a fully commented script ready to adapt.

fzf Picker to Set Your Timezone with Geolocation — Nick Janetakis