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Wednesday, 26 November 2008

How to Change the Timezone in Linux

Changing Timezone in linux.

1) Change to the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo, where you can find list of timezone regions

2) Move your existing time zone
mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime-old

3) Link the timezone u needed to localtime
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Pacific /etc/localtime

4) Update the system time by
/usr/bin/rdate -s time-a.nist.gov

5) Set the ZONE entry in the file /etc/sysconfig/clock file (e.g. "America/Los_Angeles")

6) /sbin/hwclock --systohc