From there, any relative path to a timezone file is a valid timezone.
You can find the valid timezones by changing to the /usr/share/zoneinfo/ directory.
Here are some notes about the configuration of the timezone: You can set a cronjob to update the system’s time using ntpdate, like this:ĥ5 23 * * * root /usr/sbin/ntpdate -4 -b 2>&1 > /var/log/ntpdate.log This will make sure your time is correct. Both are part of the ntp RPM package, so if this is not installed, just use “ yum install ntp” to get it installed. This copies the correct zonefile to /etc/localtime:įinally, update the system time by either running ntpd or the ntpdate utility. Please, read the notes below for more information about the settings above. First of all, you need to edit the /etc/sysconfig/clock file: