Set or Change Timezone on CentOS 7
In this tutorial, we will learn how to set or change timezone on CentOS 7. Let’s follow these steps:
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Step 1 : Prerequisites
At first, we need to login to our server via SSH as root. Open your terminal and run this command:
ssh [email protected] -p PORTStep 1 : Check Current Timezone
Let’s run this command to know the current system’s timezone.
timedatectlYou’ll see the output like this:
Local time: Wed 2019-08-21 23:09:07 +06
Universal time: Wed 2019-08-21 17:09:07 UTC
RTC time: Wed 2019-08-21 17:09:06
Time zone: Asia/Dhaka (+06, +0600)
NTP enabled: n/a
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: n/aStep 3 : Change Timezone
The syntax of changing timezone command is:
sudo timedatectl set-timezone your_desired_time_zoneTo see all available time zones, run this command:
timedatectl list-timezones
Output:
......
Asia/Dhaka
Asia/Dili
Asia/Dubai
Asia/Dushanbe
Asia/Famagusta
Asia/Gaza
......Select your timezone from the list. To set Asia/Dhaka, run this command:
sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/DhakaStep 4 : Change Timezone Using Symlink
If your server doesn’t work timedatectl command, then follow this method. We need to delete localtime first:
sudo rm -rf /etc/localtimeThen set the timezone like this:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Dhaka /etc/localtimeNow check the timezone.
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