This article describes how to change the time zone in Site Hosting Club VPS and Dedicated Servers.
Note! You must have root access to the server to change the time zone.
CentOS and Ubuntu servers
To change the time zone on a server running CentOS or Ubuntu, follow these steps:
1. Log in to the server using SSH.
2. To view the current time zone, type the following command:
timedatectl
3. To view a list of available time zones, type the following command:
timedatectl list-timezones
4. As the root user, type the following command to change the time zone. Replace timezone with the name of the time zone you obtained in step 3:
timedatectl set-timezone timezone
For example, to set the time zone to Calcutta, India, type
imedatectl set-timezone India/Calcutta.
5. To verify the new time zone change, type the following command:
timedatectl
Debian servers
To change the time zone on a server running Debian, follow these steps:
1. Log in to the server using SSH.
2. As the root user, type the following command
dpkg-reconfigure TZDATA
Alternatively, as a non-root user you can type the following command if the account has sudo privileges:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure TZDATA
4. Use the arrow keys to select the geographic area, and then press Enter.
5. Use the arrow keys to select the city or region in the time zone that you want, and then press Enter.