royong
26-10-2006, 22:25
Disclaimer :: The following has been successfully carried out on RHEL/CentOS machines
Log into the server and as ROOT perform the following :-
Change in the correct directory
# cd /usr/share/zoneinfo
Backup the existing timezone information currently set on the machine
# cp /etc/localtime /etc/localtime-old
Copy the correct timezone information into the /etc/localtime file
# cp Singapore /etc/localtime
Carry out clock synchronization
# /usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov
# /sbin/hwclock --systohc
Run the following to check the new date, time and timezone information
# date
Log into the server and as ROOT perform the following :-
Change in the correct directory
# cd /usr/share/zoneinfo
Backup the existing timezone information currently set on the machine
# cp /etc/localtime /etc/localtime-old
Copy the correct timezone information into the /etc/localtime file
# cp Singapore /etc/localtime
Carry out clock synchronization
# /usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov
# /sbin/hwclock --systohc
Run the following to check the new date, time and timezone information
# date