There is some instance during the Linux installation that you did not bother to set the correct timezone for any reasons like sometimes you are just lazy to set it, you’re in a rush to finish what your boss want you to complete in that day, or you just don’t give a damn Seriously, timezone is a bit important especially if you have scheduled scripts that you intended to run. Here are some ways to change your timezone depending on your Linux distribution: for RHEL/CENTOS: Assuming you have the default or current timezone as UTC and you would like to change it to Singapore timezone [root@linuxtechtips etc]# date Thu Sep 6 23:15:06 UTC 2012 [root@linuxtechtips etc]# rm /etc/localtime Note: All timezones can be found under the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo Link the Singapore file under the Asia to the /etc/localtime #cd /etc #ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Singapore localtime #date Fri Sep 7 07:17:20 SGT 2012 This localtime symbolic links c...