Linux : Changing Timezone on Linux

Published On: 10 November 2021.By siddharth agarwal.

Changing Timezone on linux

1. First search for the available time zone by the below command.

timedatectl list-timezones | grep -i Asia

1	timedatectl list-timezones \| grep -i Asia

2. Then unlink the current timezone

sudo unlink /etc/localtime

1	sudo unlink /etc/localtime

3. Now set the new timezone. The syntax for setting the new time zone is as below

sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/[zone/timezone] /etc/localtime
For example

sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime

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sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/[zone/timezone] /etc/localtime

For example

sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime

4. Now check the DateTime using the date command.

date
Tue May 28 10:52:00 IST 2019

1 2	date Tue May 28 10:52:00 IST 2019