The /etc/localtime file is the file that defines the timezone. This file can
be a copy of the file from /usr/share/zoneinfo (which in your case it
probably is) or a symlink. To change the timezone all you need to do is copy
the correct file from /usr/share/zoneinfo to /etc/localtime or make
/etc/localtime a symlink to /usr/share/zoneinfo. If you decide to use a
symlink /usr should probably not be a mounted filesystem.

Brant Evans


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Bryan O'Neal <BONeal@cornerstonehome.com>wrote:

>  I have an FC/Redhat/CentOS box and I would like to change my time zone
> for the entire system and all users to UTC; date –u seems to only changes
> the individual users zone.  And, since I don't have a GUI on my box I can
> not use system-config-time.  So, I was thinking /etc/localtime should be a
> simlink to the time zone in /usr/share/zoneinformation rite?  I can just
> change that with a new symlink, rite? But the file I have in /etc/localtime
> is a small binary file and that made me nervous.  Then I thought, setup, how
> much more basic could I get!  But it does not have a time zone option, only
> Authentication and System Services.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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