Setting IST timezone on Amazon Ec2 instance
For setting the IST Timezone on the Ec2 instance 1. vi /etc/sysconfig/clock ZONE="Asia/Kolkata" UTC=false 2. sudo mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime_old 3. sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime 4. sudo reboot Restart is necessary for all the services to take the updated timezone.