Change Timezone in Red Hat and Centos Linux

[cah]

1. Remove /etc/localtime (or move to a temp filename)

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# rm /etc/localtime

2. Link the Pacific timezone file to /etc/localtime

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# ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific /etc/localtime 

[cah]

There's no /etc/sysconfig/clock in RHEL 7.x.
The symbolic link is sufficient according to some internet posts.
Or, admin can use 'timedatectl set-timezone' to set it.

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# timedatectl set-timezone America/Los_Angeles

Or,

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# timedatectl set-timezone US/Pacific