[Ubuntu](EN) Change Timezone in Ubuntu

Update(2020.05.16): Add timedatectl usage

Change Timezone in Ubuntu

Environment and Prerequisite

• Linux(Ubuntu 16.04.6)
• Linux(Ubuntu 18.04.3)
• Linux(Ubuntu 20.04)

Check current date in Ubuntu

• Type date on shell.

$ date

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Select Timezone

Under /usr/share/zoneinfo/ directory, there are continents and countries. Check continent and country you want and copy it(path) to your computer clipboard.

Change Timezone

There is example below(change to Asia/Seoul)

$ sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Seoul /etc/localtime

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timedatectl

You can set your timezone by using tzselect like below.

$ sudo timedatectl set-timezone 'Asia/Seoul'
$ date
Sat May 16 19:52:25 KST 2020

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tzselect

You can set your timezone by using tzselect on CUI like below.

$ tzselect

Change Timezone

There is example below(change to Asia/Seoul). Add setting values to .profile file and apply it.

$ echo "TZ='Asia/Seoul'; export TZ" >> .profile
$ source ~//.profile

Reference

• http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/timedatectl.1.html
• http://mwultong.blogspot.com/2006/10/kst-linux-timezone.html
• https://cjh5414.github.io/ubuntu-timezone/