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