Linode VPS Modify Time Zone Settings Tutorial

Linode VPS default time zone is US, which is inconvenient for performing some scheduled tasks. Therefore, it is necessary to modify the time zone.

The command to modify the time zone under linux is tzselect

Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.Please select a continent or ocean

1) Africa

2) Americas

3) Antarctica

4) Arctic Ocean

5) Asia

6) Atlantic Ocean

7) Australia

8) Europe

9) Indian Ocean

10) Pacific Ocean

11) none – I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.

Enter 5, Asia

Please select a country

1) Afghanistan

18) Israel

35) Palestine

2) armenia

19) Japan

36) Philippines

3) Azerbaijan

20) Jordan

37) Qatar

4) Bahrain

21) Kazakhstan

38) Russia

5) Bangladesh

22) Korea (North)< Br>

39) Saudi Arabia

6) Bhutan

23) Korea (South)

40 ) Singapore

7) Brunei

24) Kuwait

41) Sri Lanka

8) Cambodia

25) Kyrgyzstan

42) Syria

9) China

26) Laos

43) Taiwan

10) Cyprus

27 ) Lebanon

44) Tajikistan

11) East Timor

28) Macau

45) Thailand

12) Georgia

29) Malaysia

46) Turkmenistan

13) Hong Kong

30) Mongolia

47) United Arab Emirates

14) India

31) Myanmar (Burma)

48) Uzbekistan

15) Indonesia

32) Nepal

49) Vietnam

16) Iran

33) Oman

50) Yemen

17) Iraq

34) Pakistan

Enter 9, China

Please select one of the following time zone regions

1) east China – Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc.

2 Heilongjiang

3) central China – Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc.

4) Tibet & most of Xinjiang Uyghur

5) southwest Xinjiang Uyghur

Enter 1, Beijing time

The following information has been given:

China east China – Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc

Therefore TZ=”Asia/Shanghai” will be used.Local time is now: Fri Jul 7 10:32:18 CST 2006.Universal Time is now: Fri Jul 7 02:32:18 UTC 2006.Is the above information OK?1) Yes2) No

Enter 1 and confirm

Next is to modify the user Time zone settings, find the .bash_profile file in the user's plus directory, add two lines to it, log in again, or load directly using source. bash_profileTZ='Asia/Shanghai'export TZ

View the system Time
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