When you install Linux on a server for the first time, you are asked to select the regional zone where the server is located so that Linux will create the date and the time on the server based on that zone. But sometimes you want to change the timezone on your Linux server.
Problem
How to change the timezone on the Linux server?
Solution
To see the timezone currently used on the server, you can use the command:
timedatectl
From the image above, the server’s time zone is in the American region in the New York area. To see the timezone provided by Linux, use the following command:
timedatectl list-timezones
If you want to change the timezone to Singapore, then you can type the command below:
timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Singapore
Then the time on the server will change to Singapore time, as in the image below:
Note
Apart from using the timedatectl command, you can also use the command below:
tzselect
There is a list of the continents. Select the number that corresponds to the zone you want. For example, I choose Singapore as the timezone on my server, then I will choose number 5 for Asia, and will choose Singapore in the country selection, as in the image below:
Once finished, the script in the red box must be inserted into the .profile or .bashrc file (if there is no .bashrc file on the server, then create the file manually). After that, use the command:
source ~/.bashrc
Then the timezone on the server will change.
References
linuxize.com
wikihow.com
baeldung.com
askubuntu.com
superuser.com
