CentOS 7 Time zone settings

Time to synchronize the server for various reasons after the installation of CentOS 7 or the device time zone.

In CentOS 7 there is a command timedatectl can help us to modify the time zone of the server.

First we can use the TIMEDATECTL command to view the current time zone settings in the server:

Local time:wed 2015-07-22 16:48:14 CST

Universal time:wed 2015-07-22 08:48:14 UTC

Timezone:asia/shanghai (CST, +0800)

NTP Enabled:yes

NTP Synchronized:yes

RTC in local Tz:yes

DST active:n/a

You can see all the settings in the current server such as time, timezone, NTP, etc.

We can use the command "Timedatectl list-timezones" to view all time zones

After viewing the time zone we can use the command "Timedatectl Set-timezone time zone"

For example, we need to set up a time zone in Shanghai: "Timedatectl set-timezone Asia/shanghai"

After setting the time zone, you can also set the NTP server to open and close

Turn on NTP: "Timedatectl set-ntp yes"

Turn off NTP: "Timedatectl set-ntp No"

Of course, the TIMEDATECTL command can also set the date and time

Set Date: "Timedatectl set-time yyyy-mm-dd"

Set time: "Timedatectl set-time HH:MM:SS"

CentOS 7 Time zone settings