You check the time from the command line (run date), and find that the timezone is set to UTC or some other timezone. How do you get this changed?
To change this you have to have root access to the server.
There are a series of time zone files located at /usr/share/zoneinfo. Select the appropriate named timezone for your location. For my location I would need , Kolkata, Asia.
Make note of the appropriate folder and file for your timezone. The active timezone used on your system is in the /etc/localtime file.
First, make a backup of the existing localtime file. It’s always safe to make backups of original config files.
sudo mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.bak_01012015
Next, create the link:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime
To test your change run the date command. You will see the new time.
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