How to change time and/or timezone in CentOS
Generically, I use this Change directory to /etc [code] [root@testbed ~]# cd /etc [/code] Now create a symbolic link (aka symlink) to the timezone e.g. Asia/Karachi (for Pakistan standard time) [code highlight="1"] [root@testbed etc]# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Karachi localtime [root@testbed etc]# date Mon Jan 16 19:26:52 PKT 2012 [/code] Please note that the timezone is following a directory-structure so if you want EST time, you should use [code highlight="1"] [root@testbed etc]# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST localtime [/code]