How to set date and time automatically in CentOS

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Created on 2013-Apr-18
Updated on 2013-Apr-18

tzselect

Answer the 3 locations questions. Then create a symlink to your local time.

rm -rf /etc/localtime
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime

The symlink will be according to your time zone--above is just an example.

Now, we check the date and time

date

Time and date should now be properly set.

Tags: Linux date time