Set Ubuntu/Debian Timezone

The following is how to setup the timezone for Ubuntu/Debian based systems. Also listed is the common timezone names for the USA.

• Enter the following into the terminal or SSH session to set the timezone.
  • sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/Chicago

• These are the more common timezones for the USA.
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Denver
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Nelson
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/New_York
  • America/North_Dakota/Center