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