timezone
To set timezone in Ubuntu, run
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dpkg-reconfigure tzdata |
timedatectl
To get list of all available timezones, run
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timedatectl list-timezones |
Example
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# timedatectl list-timezones | grep -i kolka Asia/Kolkata # |
You can use following command to set timezone
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timedatectl set-timezone EST |
Example
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timedatectl set-timezone EST timedatectl set-timezone UTC timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York |
/etc/localtime
For GMT
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ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime |
For EST
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ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST /etc/localtime |