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Setting EC2 AMI local time to EST and EST5EDT
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Here's how to set the local datetime on an ec2 ami[root@ip-10-0-1-144 ec2-user]# service crond restart Stopping crond: [ OK ] Starting crond: [ OK ] [root@ip-10-0-1-144 ec2-user]#
[root@ip-10-0-1-144 ~]# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST /etc/localtime
[root@ip-10-0-1-144 ~]# date
Mon Aug 22 11:09:18 EST 2016
[root@ip-10-0-1-144 ~]# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT /etc/localtime
[root@ip-10-0-1-144 ~]# date
Mon Aug 22 12:09:25 EDT 2016
[root@ip-10-0-1-144 ~]# service crond restart
Stopping crond: [ OK ]
Starting crond: [ OK ]
[root@ip-10-0-1-144 ~]# service rsyslog restart
Shutting down system logger: [ OK ]
Starting system logger: [ OK ]
[root@ip-10-0-1-144 ~]#
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