Change Timezone On Linux Systems (RHEl 5/6)

Change Timezone On Linux Systems (RHEl 5/6)

1. Check the Date.
[example:~]# date
Mon May 23 04:12:55 CEST 2016
[example:~]#

2. The timezone currently set to CEST.

3. Move the current localtime file.
mv /etc/localtime /root/localtime.23May2016

4. Link new timezone file to localtime.
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Moscow /etc/localtime

5. Now check date and time.
[root@example ~]# date
Mon May 23 05:17:21 MSK 2016
[root@example ~]#