Tell me more ×
Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 8 down vote favorite

I have a virtual machine that is set to PST that a couple of colleagues have in different timezones. If I wanted to change the time-zone to EST and GMT, what do I need to do?

share|improve this question

4 Answers

up vote 9 down vote accepted

Execute the following command:

 sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
share|improve this answer
up vote 3 down vote

As root you have to execute:

dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
share|improve this answer
up vote 0 down vote

To run one program with a different time zone setting, set the TZ environment variable, e.g. run TZ=Pacific/Kiritimati date to see what time it is on Christmas Island, or export TZ=Pacific/Kiritimati to have the setting last for a shell session.

share|improve this answer
up vote 0 down vote

These also work: ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime for GMT and ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST /etc/localtime for EST. Taken from: How to change timezone on Linux server?

share|improve this answer

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.