Assign the correct time zone on CentOS 7

Posted On September 13, 2016

How to set time zone on CentOS 7

Assigning correct time zone is very simple process using timedatectl command on CentOS 7 system.

1. First lets review current settings

# timedatectl
      Local time: Tue 2016-02-23 08:47:03 EST
  Universal time: Tue 2016-02-23 13:47:03 UTC
        RTC time: Tue 2016-02-23 08:47:52
       Time zone: America/Toronto (EST, -0500)
     NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: no
 RTC in local TZ: no
      DST active: no
 Last DST change: DST ended at
                  Sun 2015-11-01 01:59:59 EDT
                  Sun 2015-11-01 01:00:00 EST
 Next DST change: DST begins (the clock jumps one hour forward) at
                  Sun 2016-03-13 01:59:59 EST
                  Sun 2016-03-13 03:00:00 EDT

2. Lets display existing time zones

]#  timedatectl list-timezones
Africa/Abidjan
Africa/Accra
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Africa/Algiers
Africa/Asmara
Africa/Bamako
Africa/Bangui
Africa/Banjul
Africa/Bissau
Africa/Blantyre
Africa/Brazzaville
Africa/Bujumbura
Africa/Cairo
Africa/Casablanca
............

3. Now lest set time zone to America/Toronto

timedatectl set-timezone America/Toronto