First check which timezone the server is using
>>ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Sep 2 07:09 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC
>>timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2022-10-13 12:18:02 UTC
Universal time: Thu 2022-10-13 12:18:02 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2022-10-13 12:18:03
Time zone: Etc/UTC (UTC, +0000)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
Find out which time zone you have to set.
This command will give you list of timezones
>>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
Now set the timezone
>>sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata
Now check if it is set correctly
>>timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2022-10-13 17:51:00 IST
Universal time: Thu 2022-10-13 12:21:00 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2022-10-13 12:21:01
Time zone: Asia/Kolkata (IST, +0530)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
Doneee ...
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