Change-time-zone-in-virtual-private-server

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Issue

Change the time zone on virtual private server

Solution

cd /usr/share/zoneinfo
ls
cp /etc/localtime /etc/localtime-old
rm /etc/localtime

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime