How to set the time zone in Amazon EC2?

Question

I want to change the time zone set in my Amazon EC2 instance running Ubuntu Linux to local time?

My Question

How to change the time zone in

Answer 1

Check your current time zone by

$ date

To change it, run

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

This will show list of geographical areas. Select to narrow down available time zones. Next select city/timezone. And you have changed system to new timezone.