OCI: Timezone Resets Upon reboot on OL8 Instance
in Linux
Applies to:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Linux x86-64
Symptoms:
On an OL 8 instance, the timezone resets from GMT to EST on reboot.
Command used to set the timezone:
# timedatectl set-timezone GMT # timedatectl Local time: Fri 2023-11-10 21:08:36 GMT <<<<<<<<<< Universal time: Fri 2023-11-10 21:08:36 UTC RTC time: Fri 2023-11-10 21:08:37 Time zone: GMT (GMT, +0000) System clock synchronized: yes NTP service: active RTC in local TZ: no # ls -l /etc/localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Nov 10 14:07 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT # systemctl status chronyd — chronyd.service - NTP client/server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-11-10 14:05:53 GMT; 7h ago Docs: man:chronyd(8) man:chrony.conf(5) Process: 1596 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/chrony-helper update-daemon (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1581 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/chronyd $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1587 (chronyd) Tasks: 1 (limit: 48269) Memory: 1.1M CGroup: /system.slice/chronyd.service 1587 /usr/sbin/chronyd Nov 10 14:05:53 systemd[1]: Starting NTP client/server... Nov 10 14:05:53 chronyd[1587]: chronyd version 4.2
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