Time

Date and time

date

Timezone

View the timezone:

cat /etc/timezone

grep UTC /etc/default/rcS

date

Hardware clock:

sudo hwclock --show

Set

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Caution: these timezone and clock commands need admin rights.

Cron after timezone change

Cron does not auto-sync and continues to work on the previous timezone (UTC). Restart it:

/etc/init.d/cron stop
/etc/init.d/cron start