Friday, January 03, 2014

How to set timezone in ubuntu server

A Time zone is a region that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. It is convenient for areas in close commercial or other communication to keep the same time, so time zones tend to follow the boundaries of countries and their subdivisions.

To set the time zone in ubuntu server follow the steps below in this demonstration i will be setting the the time zone to newyork america.

Run the command below.
  • dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
It will popup a screen like below, Select a country in that popup.


Click ok then it will popup another screen asking for city corresponding to time zone select city.


Using the command below you can check the current time.
  • date

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