Change timezone on CentOS

Written by Hannes Van de Vel on June 1, 2007. Posted in Linux

Here’s how to change the timezone on CentOS/RHEL;

cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime

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Comments (17)

Paolo

January 28, 2009 at 09:34 | #

Thank you for the info. Solved my problem in 1 min

Very handy

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Consign IT

March 30, 2009 at 09:38 | #

Thanks for the quick help

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pap

April 5, 2009 at 14:28 | #

thankyou, very easy

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fsasad

April 15, 2009 at 07:05 | #

Not enough, after reboot timezone will be set to what specified in /etc/sysconfig/clock

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Leo

April 17, 2009 at 13:27 | #

Thanks! Very helpful!

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centfool

October 13, 2009 at 19:51 | #

system-config-date

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Ernast

November 12, 2009 at 13:29 | #

Many Thanks !!!! Very helpful !!! do not forgot make /etc/init.d/ntpd restart after that

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Biwebco

December 21, 2009 at 10:19 | #

best thanks!

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Shailendra

May 9, 2010 at 18:51 | #

First command
cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime
worked fine for me and I was able to get it fixed in a min… thanks

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Ernie

April 26, 2011 at 06:02 | #

very helpful thank you…

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shares8

May 27, 2011 at 03:17 | #

Nice and neat TNX

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Matthew

July 5, 2011 at 18:44 | #

i have updated mine

cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Costa_Rica /etc/localtime

however it shows the time using date as

17:42:43 CST 2011

when that is the wrong time, it is only 11:39am right now in Costa rica….

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Shane

August 16, 2011 at 03:10 | #

Worked fkn MINT for Brisbane Australia
Thanks!

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kuldeep

January 16, 2012 at 13:13 | #

Hi Hannes,

Thanks for the quick way ….

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kuldeep

January 16, 2012 at 13:14 | #

Hi Hannes,

Thanks, Solved my problem

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MagicServ

March 5, 2012 at 12:03 | #

Thanks mate, really quick my timezone issue was solved. God bless you!

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Andres

July 6, 2012 at 21:49 | #

Graciasssssssssssssssssss

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