How to modify the system time zone in Linux

How to modify the system time zone in Linux? I believe that many inexperienced people are at a loss about this, so this article summarizes the causes and solutions of the problem. Through this article, I hope you can solve this problem.

What is Linux system Linux is a free-to-use and free-spread UNIX-like operating system, is a POSIX-based multi-user, multi-task, multi-threaded and multi-CPU operating system, using Linux can run major Unix tools, applications and network protocols.

1. View the system time

# date

You can see that the time zone is EST (US Eastern Standard time), and the normal display should be CST (China Standard time).

2. View the system time zone

# date-R

You can see that the output is

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:54:08-0500

Time zone is-5

The normal time zone should be displayed as + 8 (East Zone 8)

3. Make sure the network is smooth, DNS is parsed properly, and try to synchronize the Internet time.

# ntpdate cn.pool.ntp.org

4. View the system time zone configuration file

# cat / etc/sysconfig/clock

5. View the local system time zone configuration file

# strings / etc/localtime

6. Try to modify the system time zone

# tzselect

Select the correct time zone according to the prompts

7. If it can not be solved normally

# cp / usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai / etc/localtime

8. Check the system time zone and system time again, and it has been displayed normally

# date

# date-R

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