Note the use of sudo – changing the system timezone requires root/administrative privileges. Again, the timedatectl command comes into play: sudo timedatectl set-timezone YOUR/TIMEZONEįor example, if I were in Addis Ababa, I’d enter: sudo timedatectl set-timezone Africa/Addis_Ababa Now we know what the timezone is and what it needs to be set to, it can be changed. Scroll until you find your timezone – when changing the timezone, you must enter it exactly as displayed in this list. …you will get a list of timezones in the following format: Africa/Abidjan To print a list of available timezones, use the following command: timedatectl list-timezones Timezones must be specified in the correct format. where TZ is a ID ('Europe/Paris' for example). You need to start your Jenkins with the following java system property: java. The timezone as set on your system is displayed on the 4th line. If you cannot change the time zone of your server, you can force jelly to use a given time zone for formatting time stamps. The returned information will look something like this: Local time: Mon 12:27:41 BST

The following command will display information about the time and timezone as it is currently set on your system: timedatectl Find out the Current Timezoneīefore you change the timezone, it’s worth checking what it’s currently set to – it may already be correct! You may also want to check out our article on changing the date/time in Linux. This simple tutorial will show you how to view, set, or update the timezone on your Linux system.

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