Changing the Timezone The default timezone on your server is set to be the same as the System Time. System time is the timezone that the operating system uses, in this case, GMT. You can change the timezone your server uses to be different from System Time by following these instructions, according to your server O/S: FreeBSD Connect to your server via Telnet or SSH and complete these steps. Select the Timezone you want to use from the /usr/share/zoneinfo/ directory: % cd /usr/share/zoneinfo % ls Copy the time zone file onto your VPS. This example uses the America/Los_Angeles timezone: % chmod 600 ~/etc/localtime % cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles ~/etc/localtime Create the following directory on your virtual server and copy the appropriate file: % mkdir ~/usr/share/zoneinfo/America % cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles ~/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ Add the following new line to the ~/.cshrc file. setenv TZ America/Los_Angeles After editing the ~/.cshrc file, be sure to run: % source ~/.cshrc To configure cron to use the same timezone, add the following line to the beginning of your cronfile: TZ=America/Los_Angeles Solaris Connect to your VPS via Telnet or SSH and complete these steps. Select the Timezone you want to use from the /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/ directory: % cd /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo % ls Copy the /etc/default/init file onto your Solaris VPS. % mkdir ~/etc/default % cp /etc/default/init ~/etc/default Edit the TZ line in the new ~/etc/default/init file to use the timezone you want. This example uses the US/Pacific timezone: TZ=US/Pacific Copy the /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/US/Pacific file onto your Solaris VPS. % mkdir ~/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/US % cp /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/US/Pacific ~/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/US/ Add the following new line to the ~/.cshrc file. setenv TZ US/Pacific After editing the ~/.cshrc file, be sure to run: % source ~/.cshrc To configure cron to use the same timezone, add the following line to the beginning of your cronfile: TZ=US/Pacific BSD/OS Upgrade! Connect to your VPS via Telnet or SSH and issue these commands: % chmod 600 ~/etc/localtime % cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/US/Pacific ~/etc/localtime To change to the current time in some other time zone, substitute any time zone available in the following directory for US/Pacific above. /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix Huh? If you don't know the VPS O/S, try the following: Which O/S Is Your VPS Running? Did It Work? To make sure you set the time zone correctly, do the following: % date % virtual date These should both show the timezone you set your server to use. NOTE: Be sure to Restart Your Web Server so that it will use the new time you have set.