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In this article we will show you how to set the time, date and timezone within CentOS. Though I’m sure this method will remain the same through the various Linux distributions.<\/p>\n

Steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Set the time zone<\/li>\n
  2. Set the time and date<\/li>\n
  3. Sync the hwclock with the current time and date<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Commands<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Below are the commands that are required. For the date command this will set the time and date to 25th July 22:17. The syntax is `date MMDDhhmmYYYY`.<\/em><\/p>\n

    rm \/etc\/localtime\r\nln -s \/usr\/share\/zoneinfo\/GMT \/etc\/localtime\r\ndate 072522172010\r\nhwclock --systohc<\/pre>\n
    Confirm Settings <\/strong><\/h2>\n
    To confirm your machine is set with the right time and date run the following commands :<\/p>\n
    [root@server ~]# date\r\nSun Jul 25 22:38:47 GMT 2010<\/pre>\n
    [root@server ~]# hwclock
    \nSun 25 Jul 2010 10:38:51 PM GMT\u00a0 -0.125883 seconds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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