Fli
11-14-2014, 12:37 PM
Setup UTC time (like GMT) on Linux server quickly and quickly setup synchronization of the time.
Check the current time:
date
change timezone to UTC
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
install/update ntp (network time protocol) and then launch ntp on system boot:
yum install ntp -y;chkconfig ntpd on
or Debian
apt-get install ntp -y;update-rc.d ntp defaults
Synchronize time:
ntpdate pool.ntp.org
start the ntp synchronization service:
/etc/init.d/ntpd start
Check the current time:
date
Check the current time:
date
change timezone to UTC
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
install/update ntp (network time protocol) and then launch ntp on system boot:
yum install ntp -y;chkconfig ntpd on
or Debian
apt-get install ntp -y;update-rc.d ntp defaults
Synchronize time:
ntpdate pool.ntp.org
start the ntp synchronization service:
/etc/init.d/ntpd start
Check the current time:
date