On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:41 AM, John Nash <centos at nikomachus.info> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a problem configuring the timezone on a CentOS 5.5 server. > I would like the timezone to be Europe/Paris. > > I have followed the steps described here: > http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux > > 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. > > > [root at xxx ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release > CentOS release 5.5 (Final) > [root at s15370074 ~]# ls -l /etc/localtime > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Feb 19 18:31 /etc/localtime -> > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris > [root at xxx ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock > ZONE="Europe/Paris" > UTC=true > ARC=false > [root at xxx ~]# echo $TZ > > [root at xxx ~]# > [root at xxx ~]# date > Sun Feb 20 18:01:28 EST 2011 > [root at xxx ~]# rdate -s time.mit.edu > [root at xxx ~]# hwclock –systohc > [root at xxx ~]# date > Sun Feb 20 18:03:34 EST 2011 > > > Note that I have even completely rebooted the server, with no effect. > > Am I missing something important ? > > Thank you in advance for your suggestions ! > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > why work hard? yum install system-config-date system-config-date -- Best Regards, Yonatan Pingle RHCT | RHCSA | CCNA1