How to Set Date, Time, Zone on linux sever

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How to Set Date, Time, Zone on linux server ?


To Check current date and time Use Date Command :-
date
Fri June 14 21:22:41 CET 2012

How To Set Date:-
Use below comand to set new data and time:

date set="STRING"
example like :

date -s "28 May 2012 17:00:00"

How To Set Time:-
Use below Command To set time:

date +%T -s "06:11:16"
Where:

06: Hour (hh)
11: Minute (mm)
16: Second (ss)


Change timezone :-

/etc /localtime file has details about time zone. The Zone information file is located at /usr/share/zoneinfo and this depends on your distribution.

cd /etc/
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST localtime

If you want to set to IST (Asia/Calcutta):

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta localtime

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