Question
How do I Change the timezone on a CentOS Server?
- Posted September 23, 2019
- Linux BasicsLinux Commands
Hi all!
I’m quite new to Linux in general so sorry for the basic question. I want to change the timezone of my CentOS server but so far I’ve not been able to do so. I had a look at a few tutorials but so far without any luck.
Does anyone have an easy to follow guide on how to do that?
Thanks!
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Accepted Answer
Hello,
Here’s how to do that with just a few easy steps:
- Choose the zone that you would like to use at:
ls -l /usr/share/zoneinfo/
- Then backup your current timezone file:
mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.bak
- Now create a link for the new timezone:
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Greenwich /etc/localtime
Note: Please replace the Greenwich part with the zone file that you would like to use.
To verify that the change was successful just run:
date
This is it :)
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby
