How to change Date, Time , Zone on linux server

How to change Date, Time , Zone on linux server

    You have to use date command to display the current date and time or set the system date / time over ssh session.

    # date
    Tue May 11 22:27:44 CET 2010


    Set Date:

    Use the following syntax to set new data and time:

    [HTML]date set="STRING"[/HTML]


    example

    #date -s "2 June 2010 18:00:00"


    Set Time:


    To set time use the following syntax:


    # date +%T -s "05:10:15"

    Where,

    * 05: Hour (hh)
    * 10: Minute (mm)
    * 15: Second (ss)


    To change timezone

    The file /etc /localtime, is a link to or copy of a file containing information about your time zone. The Zone information files located in /usr/share/zoneinfo this depends on your distribution.

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    cd /etc/

    ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST localtime
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    If youwish to set up it to IST (Asia/Calcutta):

    ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta localtime