Notepad:Change Timezone
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Change Timezone from: Change the Timezone in Linux
- Logged in as root, check which timezone your machine is currently using by executing `clock`. You'll see something like "Mon 17 Jan 2005 12:15:08 PM PST -0.461203 seconds", PST in this case is the current timezone.
- Change to the directory to
/usr/share/zoneinfo, here you will find a list of time zone regions. Change to the most appropriate region, if you live in Canada or the US this directory is the "Americas" directory. - If you wish, backup the previous timezone configuration by copying it to a different location. Such as
`cp /etc/localtime /etc/localtime-old`. - Create a symbolic link from the appropiate timezone to
/etc/localtime. Example:`ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam /etc/localtime`. - If you have the utility
rdate, update the current system time by executing`/usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov`. - Set the hardware clock by executing:
` /sbin/hwclock --systohc`
