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On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 00:41 +0100, John Nash wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have a problem configuring the timezone on a CentOS 5.5 server.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I would like the timezone to be Europe/Paris. </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have followed the steps described here: </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux">http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux</A></FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I think I have changed the appropriate configuration files ( /etc/localtime, /etc/sysconfig/clock ), but the output of the ‘date’ command still indicates the timezone is EST.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@xxx ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">CentOS release 5.5 (Final)</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@s15370074 ~]# ls -l /etc/localtime</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Feb 19 18:31 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@xxx ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">ZONE="Europe/Paris"</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">UTC=true</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">ARC=false</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@xxx ~]# echo $TZ</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@xxx ~]#</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@xxx ~]# date</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Sun Feb 20 18:01:28 EST 2011</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@xxx ~]# rdate -s time.mit.edu</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@xxx ~]# hwclock –systohc</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[root@xxx ~]# date</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Sun Feb 20 18:03:34 EST 2011</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Note that I have even completely rebooted the server, with no effect.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Am I missing something important ?</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Thank you in advance for your suggestions !</FONT>
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I think you can very easily accomplish this task using the pull down GUI "Administration" "Date & Time" give the root password and then select the zone from the image presented to you. It's always worked for me.
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