[SOLVED]Failed to set time zone invalid or not installed time zone ‘IST’

If you get an error while setting the timezone, like:

dev@codetryout:~/devops$ sudo timedatectl set-timezone IST
Failed to set time zone: Invalid or not installed time zone 'IST'

Other examples

failed to set time zone invalid or not installed time zone 'asia/kolkata'
failed to set time zone invalid or not installed time zone 'asia/shanghai'
failed to set time zone invalid or not installed time zone 'europe/berlin'

This is because of incorrect time zone specifications. Let us explore the steps to set the system timezone from the bash/command line.

Listing supported timezone formats

You can find your correct time from the list below:

timedatectl list-timezones

Set timezone

Then, issue the command with an appropriate, supported Time Zone format.

Example:

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata

# OR

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Europe/London

Verifying TimeZone

You can use the command timedatectl to see the system timezone.

timedatectl

Example output:

               Local time: Fri 2023-08-11 06:13:17 BST
           Universal time: Fri 2023-08-11 05:13:17 UTC
                 RTC time: Fri 2023-08-11 05:13:18    
                Time zone: Europe/London (BST, +0100) 
System clock synchronized: yes                        
              NTP service: active                     
          RTC in local TZ: no