Changing timezone in CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 and Fedora is a straightforward task. The timedatectl command makes it easier for us to change the timezone in CentOS 7 / RHEL 7.
For this demo, we will change the system time zone from EST to IST.
Change Timezone
Now, first, let’s check the date with the date command.
date
Output:
Mon Dec 2 23:14:51 EST 2019
As per the above output, the system has been configured with the Eastern Standard Time (EST) time zone.
Use the following command to list all the available time zones.
timedatectl list-timezones
Output:
Africa/Abidjan Africa/Accra Africa/Addis_Ababa Africa/Algiers Africa/Asmara . . . . . . Pacific/Pohnpei Pacific/Port_Moresby Pacific/Rarotonga Pacific/Saipan Pacific/Tahiti Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Tongatapu Pacific/Wake Pacific/Wallis UTC
You can filter the output with the city nearer to you or the continent.
timedatectl list-timezones | grep -i kolkata
OR
timedatectl list-timezones | grep -i Asia
Output (For City):
Asia/Kolkata
Set the timezone using the following command.
timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata
Verify Timezone
Verify the new timezone using the date command.
date
Output:
Tue Dec 3 09:47:13 IST 2019
You can see that the system is now in Indian Standard Time (IST) Timezone.
Conclusion
That’s All. I hope you were able to change the timezone in CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 & Fedora systems without any issues.
