Graham Watts

(he/him) IT geek - DevOps Engineer - Rescue dog and cat dad - Sometime runner and cyclist.

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Time Zone Management

Time zones can often be an issue when working with with multi-national organisations. Often systems can be left in a default region such as US/Pacific which may not be the most appropriate if you systems are not located there. Knowing how to set the timezone for a system can help administration teams.

Ubuntu Server 20.04

  1. Run command

     sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

  2. Select continent

    Select time zone continent

  3. Select city

    Select time zone city

Taken from: https://www.how2shout.com/linux/command-to-change-timezone-in-ubuntu-20-04-server/

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