In Oracle Solaris 10, locale, timezone, and console keymap configuration is set in the /etc/default/init file. In Oracle Solaris 11, you manage this configuration through the following SMF services:
System locale – svc:/system/environment:init
Timezone – svc:/system/timezone:default
Console keymap – svc:/system/keymap:default
Starting with Oracle Solaris 11.2, you can use the nlsadm command to display and set these national language properties. The following examples show how to set these properties by using the nlsadm command.
# pkg install nls-administration
Change the default locale to fr_FR.UTF-8 as follows:
# nlsadm set-system-locale fr_FR.UTF-8
Set the timezone to Europe/Paris as follows:
# nlsadm set-timezone Europe/Paris
Set the console keymap to US-English as follows:
# nlsadm set-console-keymap US-English
For other date and time configuration changes, see Reconfiguring Date and Time Before and After an Installation.