How To Change TimeZone on CentOS Stream 10

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In this wiki article, we will learn how to change the timezone in CentOS Stream 9 using the timedatectl command.

Check your Current TimeZone

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To get detailed information on your CentOS date, time, and timezone you use the timedatectl command.

timedatectl

Output:

[root@vps ~]# timedatectl
               Local time: Thu 2025-03-06 12:41:23 UTC
           Universal time: Thu 2025-03-06 12:41:23 UTC
                 RTC time: Thu 2025-03-06 12:41:23
                Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000)
System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no
[root@vps ~]#

The TimeZone configuration on CentOS Stream 9 OS is stored set by the /etc/localtime file. This file is a symbolic link to a timezone file under /usr/share/zoneinfo.

To get a basic view of the timezone you can ls the file to its a symbolic link.

ls -l /etc/localtime

Outout:

[root@vps ~]# ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Feb 11 09:56 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC

Listing TimeZones

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Using timedatectl command to list TimeZones,

timedatectl list-timezones

Output:

[root@vps ~]#     timedatectl list-timezones
Africa/Abidjan
Africa/Accra
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Africa/Algiers
Africa/Asmara
Africa/Asmera
Africa/Bamako
Africa/Bangui
Africa/Banjul
Africa/Bissau
Africa/Blantyre
Africa/Brazzaville
Africa/Bujumbura
Africa/Cairo
Africa/Casablanca
Africa/Ceuta
Africa/Conakry
Africa/Dakar
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Africa/Djibouti
Africa/Douala
Africa/El_Aaiun
Africa/Freetown

Set your Preferred TimeZone

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Once you have the list of timezones, you can set the one you prefer.

timedatectl set-timezone your_time_zone

Example:

root@vps:~# timedatectl set-timezone Australia/West

To confirm your changes were applied by running the timedatactl command.

timedatectl

[root@server ~]# timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata
[root@server ~]# timedatectl
               Local time: Fri 2025-02-21 01:06:24 IST
           Universal time: Thu 2025-02-20 19:36:24 UTC
                 RTC time: Thu 2025-02-20 19:36:24
                Time zone: Asia/Kolkata (IST, +0530)
System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no

Now you have successfully configured TimeZone on your CentOS Stream 10.