How to set time zone on linux VPS (openVZ)?

[Priyanka]

I want to change the time zone, I followed all steps but changes are not being reflected. I am trying to change the time zone to Hong Kong.
Could you please help me with this?

[Mandeep]

Hi Priyanka,

In this case, you will need to,

1. login to your OpenVZ Node.

2. Stop the container you wish to set the time. Replace 169 with your container ID.

[root@ ~]# vzctl stop 169 
Stopping container ...
Container was stopped
Container is unmounted

3. Next is to set the capability for the container to change the time zone.

[root@ ~]# vzctl set 169 --capability sys_time:on --save
CT configuration saved to /etc/vz/conf/169.conf

4. Go ahead and start the container.

[root@ ~]# vzctl start 169
Starting container...
Container is mounted
Adding IP address(es): x.x.x.x
Setting CPU limit: 400
Setting CPU units: 1000
Setting CPUs: 2
Container start in progress...

5. Login to the container.

[root@ ~]# vzctl enter 169
entered into CT 169

6. Check the current time using date command.

[root@/]# date
Sun Apr 29 07:18:29 UTC 2018

7. You may change the localtime to (Hong_kong) as below. This timezone may vary depending upon the time you want to set.

[root@/]# mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime_bk
[root@svr1 /]# ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Hong_Kong /etc/localtime

8. That's all !! Your open VZ container will start reflecting the correct time.

[root@/]# date
Sun Apr 29 15:19:46 HKT 2018

[Mandeep]

In addition to my earlier reply, you can type the below command which contains current time and date you want on set on the VPS.

date --set="2018-07-16 12:17 pm"