swency 2010-03-24
Hereisanexampleofchangingthetimezone:(Loggedinasroot)
Inordertomanuallychangethetimezone,youcaneditthe/etc/sysconfig/clockfileandthenmakeanewsoftlinkto/etc/localtime.Hereisanexampleofchangingthetimezonemanuallyto“America/Denver”:
1.Selecttheappropriatetimezonefromthe/usr/share/zoneinfodirectory.Timezonenamesarerelativetothatdirectory.Inthiscase,wewillselect“America/Denver”
2.Editthe/etc/sysconfig/clocktextfilesothatitlookslikethis:
ZONE=”America/Denver”
UTC=true
ARC=false
Ofcourse,thisassumesthatyourhardwareclockisrunningUTCtime…
3.Deletethefollowingfile:/etc/localtime(backupitwhenyouneedit!)
4.Createanewsoftlinkfor/etc/localtime.Hereisanexampleofstep3andstep4:
#cd/etc
#ls-allocaltime
lrwxrwxrwx1rootroot39Mar2807:00localtime->/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles
#rm/etc/localtime
#ln-s/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Denver/etc/localtime
#ls-allocaltime
lrwxrwxrwx1rootroot34Mar2808:59localtime->/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Denver
#date
FriMar2809:00:04MST2003