Apologies for being late to the party with this...
I finally found my old notes on this re: helping out a blind friend fix his centos box...
log in as root
cd /usr/share/timezone
cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/
cp Los_Angeles /etc/localtime
/usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov
/sbin/hwclock --systohc
For more details, go to
http://wiki.ehow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux
- rh
-- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net