On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 00:41 +0100, John Nash 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@xxx ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release > CentOS release 5.5 (Final) > [root@s15370074 ~]# ls -l /etc/localtime > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Feb 19 18:31 /etc/localtime > -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris > [root@xxx ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock > ZONE="Europe/Paris" > UTC=true > ARC=false > [root@xxx ~]# echo $TZ > > [root@xxx ~]# > [root@xxx ~]# date > Sun Feb 20 18:01:28 EST 2011 > [root@xxx ~]# rdate -s time.mit.edu > [root@xxx ~]# hwclock –systohc > [root@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 ! > 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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