Change timezone in Linux command line

In this tutorial, I will change the timezone in Linux by command line. How to change the localtime to your current time zone.

• Location of the local time file in Linux is /etc/localtime.
• Timezone files are located in /usr/share/zoninfo/

Now, I change the Linux time zone with Two methods.

Method 1: I will copying from /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh to /etc/localtime

$ sudo cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh /etc/localtime

Method 2: I will delete and making a symbolic linux from /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh to /etc/localtime as follow below

$ sudo rm -f /etc/localtime
$ sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh /etc/localtime

Conclusion

You have change your current timezone You can type date command to verify and you’re done. I hope this is helpful for you.