Check and Change current TimeZone in CentOS 6 and CentOS 7

Wondering about TimeZone of your CentOS Machine and want to change it? Let’s follow this small guide to check and change current TimeZone in CentOS 6 and Centos 7.

Requirements

• Root SSH Access to CentOS Machine (Root Needed to change TimeZone)

Procedure

Check Current Date, Time and TimeZone in CentOS 6/7

1. Check Date of your Machine which includes Time.
   date
2. Check Current TimeZone.
   date +'%Z %z'Our Current TimeZone is CDT
   

Change TimeZone in CentOS 6

1. Backup current TimeZone in /root directory
   cp /etc/localtime /root/timezone.old
2. Create Symbolic Link to your desired TimeZone
   Our desired TimeZone is IST
   ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime
3. Check Date
   date
4. Verify TimeZone
   date +'%Z %z'

Change TimeZone in CentOS 7

1. List all TimeZone
   timedatectl list-timezones
2. List TimeZones of Asia
   timedatectl list-timezones | grep Asia
3. Change TimeZone to IST
   timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata
4. Check Date
   date
5. Check TimeZone
   date +'%Z %z'