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I am going to show you a way that I use to set the local time on my Linux servers. It really isn't that hard either.

First, you should get NTP installed.

apt-get install ntp ntpdate

Next, just in case, make a backup of your already configured time.

mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime-backup

Then we start to go into the process of getting the new local time file. We do this by going to /usr/share/zoneinfo.

cd /usr/share/zoneinfo

Once you reach this folder, there should be a list of folders of different countries. Go to the directory that you are located in. In this case, I am going to choose America.

Once you are in the folder of your country, there should be a bunch of cities that are in your country. Pick the closest city in your timezone. For example, I would choose Chicago. Then run the following command, changing, of course what needs to be changed to fit your needs.

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime

Once you execute that command, the local time should be all set! To see the time on the machine, simply type "date" in the command line.

I hope this tutorial can be useful for you!