How to change the timezone on a Ubuntu server

A very simple and quick fix to a rather annoying (especially when searching log files!) issue, is changing the server timezone.

To check your the current date and time on your server, simply run:
$ date

Or alternatively, check the server timezone setting more specifically:
$ more /etc/timezone

Server timezone configuration wizard
How to update your Ubuntu server timezone settings

To update this you’ll need to run through a simple admin screen accessed from:
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Simples!

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