Amazon Linux server - change time to British Summer Time?

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My Amazon Linux server at EC2 is showing GMT times, instead of BST ones this morning. How do I change the server time so that it is running off BST instead?

All servers should use UTC. For this very reason. – Tom O'Connor Mar 31 '13 at 13:03 — Tom O'Connor, Mar 31 '13 at 13:03

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 31 '13 at 11:41

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And here it is.

sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/clock

Edit the zone to "Europe/London" or your own local timezone

sudo tzdata-update

...and then probably restart the webserver etc to properly fix everything.

answered Mar 31 '13 at 11:41

jamescridland

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '13 at 11:09

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Run the command:

dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

and choose Europe/London

answered Mar 31 '13 at 11:09

Ashley

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[ec2-user~]$ dpkg-reconfigure tzdata -bash: dpkg-reconfigure: command not found – jamescridland Mar 31 '13 at 11:35
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I think this is a Debian-based command, whereas Amazon Linux is RedHat-based. – ceejayoz Mar 31 '13 at 12:37

Amazon Linux server - change time to British Summer Time?

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