How to change your server time to IST (Indian Standard Time)

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Zach

If you need to change your server clock to another timezone, you can do so by modifying the /etc/localtime file:

mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.bak
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta /etc/localtime
date

root@host [~]# date
Thu Mar 4 09:54:56 IST 2010

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