Only root user can make timezone changes on any server, therefore first login into the VPS as a root user and confirm that you are logged in as a root user
Using “whoami” command, we can confirm logged in user name.
As per above command, we are loogged in as a root user, now its time to confirm timezone set on VPS.
Execute the following command and confirm the current timezone settings
ll /etc/localtime
It will show you current timezone settings
If you want to change timezone from Asia/Kolkata to any other timezone, then you can set it using following command one by one
For example if you want to set GMT
Remove the existing link
unlink /etc/localtime
Set the new link
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime
Confirm the new timezone settings
ll /etc/localtime
Note : You can select any timezone present under “/usr/share/zoneinfo/” directory to set link as per your requirement, in above example we have used GMT timezone.
