How can i change the timezone on a 4.3 box? This used to be available using the 'setup' utility but seems not anymore. thanks
# system-config-date> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Tom Brown > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:05 PM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] Changing timezone > > How can i change the timezone on a 4.3 box? This used to be > available using the 'setup' utility but seems not anymore. > > thanks > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Tom Brown wrote:> How can i change the timezone on a 4.3 box? This used to be available > using the 'setup' utility but seems not anymore.From the command line use the "date" utility. %z RFC-2822 style numeric timezone (-0500) (a nonstandard extension) %Z time zone (e.g., EDT), or nothing if no time zone is determinable Or "system-config-date" will bring up the little GUI configurator. Max
Tom Brown wrote:> How can i change the timezone on a 4.3 box? This used to be available > using the 'setup' utility but seems not anymore. > > thanksI've always removed /etc/localtime and created a symbolic link to the timezone file of choice. ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime