Configuring the timezone in your Dedicated Server
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To set time to UTC/GMT
vi /etc/sysconfig/clock
Replace with
FOR GMT
ZONE="UTC"
For IST
ZONE="Asia/Kolkata"
Delete localtime file
rm -f /etc/localtime
Create symlink to proper zone file
For GMT
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
For IST
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta /etc/localtime
If you need it set to America/New_York time, use following command
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
Update time from ntp server
yum install rdate /usr/bin/rdate -s time-a.nist.gov
AUTO UPDATE TIME
List of time servers available at
http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi
Set Cronjob to update time daily
/usr/bin/rdate -s time-a.nist.gov
crontab -e
Add
0 0 * * * /usr/bin/rdate -s time-a.nist.gov
This will update server time everyday at 0 hours.
Set Time From Command line
To set date from command line
date -s "13 FEB 2010 12:54:00"