A Linux administrator was informed that the server time zone is incorrect. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to correct the time zone?

The correct answer is A. timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York. timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York is the correct command. timedatectl is the standard systemd utility for querying and setting system time, date, and timezone. The 'set-timezone' subcommand accepts a valid IANA timezone name (e.g., America/New_York, Asia/Tokyo) and…

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Atimedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Bsystemd-timezone set Asia/Tokyo
Csystemctl configure-timezone Africa/Nairobi
Dtzconfig configure Europe/London

How the community answered

(34 responses)

A
91% (31)
B
6% (2)
C
3% (1)

Explanation

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York is the correct command. timedatectl is the standard systemd utility for querying and setting system time, date, and timezone. The 'set-timezone' subcommand accepts a valid IANA timezone name (e.g., America/New_York, Asia/Tokyo) and updates the system timezone immediately. 'systemd-timezone' (B) is not a real command. 'systemctl configure-timezone' (C) is not a valid systemctl subcommand. 'tzconfig' (D) is an older Debian-specific interactive tool that has been deprecated and replaced by timedatectl in modern distributions.

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#Linux Administration#Time Zone Management#timedatectl#System Configuration

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