How to Set the Timezone on Your Server

Setting the correct timezone ensures logs and cron jobs run at the right time.

Check Current Timezone

timedatectl

List Available Timezones

timedatectl list-timezones

Set Timezone

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Verify

date

Common timezones: America/New_York, America/Chicago, America/Los_Angeles, Europe/London, UTC.