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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