Ubuntu Modify Time Zone

1. View the current time

date -R

2. Modify the time zone

sudo tzselect

3. Select region: Asia

Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.Please select a continent, ocean, "coord", or "TZ". 1) Africa 2) Americas 3) Antarctica 4) Asia 5) Atlantic Ocean 6) Australia 7) Europe 8) Indian Ocean 9) Pacific Ocean10) coord - I want to use geographical coordinates.11) TZ - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.#? 4

4. Select Country: China

Please select a country whose clocks agree with yours. 1) Afghanistan       18) Israel            35) Palestine 2) Armenia       19) Japan         36) Philippines 3) Azerbaijan        20) Jordan            37) Qatar 4) Bahrain       21) Kazakhstan        38) Russia 5) Bangladesh        22) Korea (North)     39) Saudi Arabia 6) Bhutan        23) Korea (South)     40) Singapore 7) Brunei        24) Kuwait            41) Sri Lanka 8) Cambodia          25) Kyrgyzstan        42) Syria 9) China         26) Laos          43) Taiwan10) Cyprus        27) Lebanon           44) Tajikistan11) East Timor        28) Macau         45) Thailand12) Georgia       29) Malaysia          46) Turkmenistan13) Hong Kong         30) Mongolia          47) United Arab Emirates14) India         31) Myanmar (Burma)       48) Uzbekistan15) Indonesia         32) Nepal         49) Vietnam16) Iran          33) Oman          50) Yemen17) Iraq          34) Pakistan#? 9

5. Select region: Beijing

Please select one of the following time zone regions.1) Beijing Time2) Xinjiang Time#? 1

6. Confirm the information you just selected

The following information has been given:    China    Beijing TimeTherefore TZ=‘Asia/Shanghai‘ will be used.Local time is now:  Sat Jun  9 16:06:41 CST 2018.Universal Time is now:  Sat Jun  9 08:06:41 UTC 2018.Is the above information OK?1) Yes2) No#? 1

7. Copy the time zone file

Copy the files in the /usr/share/zoneinfo/asia/shanghai to /etc/localtime .

sudo cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai  /etc/localtime

8. Update Time

sudo ntpdate time.windows.com

Ubuntu Modify Time Zone