How to allow a VPS to set custom timezone?

• 08 October 2021
• in: Uncategorized

A custom timezone cannot be set by a VPS owner. The timezone as set on the node is uesed by VPS. At times, depending on their geographical location users need a custom timezone . sys_time needs to be enabled on your node for a VPS to set it’s own time.

Please schedule a maintenance window because it involves a VPS reboot. Typically a maintenance window of 10 to 15 minutes is sufficient .

Login to your node and execute the commands as mention below.

#vzctl stop
#vzctl set –save –capability sys_time:on
#vzctl start

Now you can try changing the timezone OR date on your VPS.

#ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta /etc/localtime

If you face any difficulty please feel free to contact our support team or if in case you wish to set a different timezone.