TMG:Change Time Zone

This article shows how to modify the timezone of a TMG unit.

Starting from version 2.9, the timezone can be configured from the web portal in the services section: Set Timezone with Date/Time

TMG shell command

 tbtimezone

Example

This example explains how to change the TMG timezone the Hong Kong timezone.

[root@TB006882 x86_64-linux64]# tbtimezone
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
Please select a continent or ocean.
 1) Africa
 2) Americas
 3) Antarctica
 4) Arctic Ocean
 5) Asia
 6) Atlantic Ocean
 7) Australia
 8) Europe
 9) Indian Ocean
10) Pacific Ocean
11) none - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.
#? 5
Please select a country.
 1) Afghanistan           18) Israel                35) Palestine
 2) Armenia               19) Japan                 36) Philippines
 3) Azerbaijan            20) Jordan                37) Qatar
 4) Bahrain               21) Kazakhstan            38) Russia
 5) Bangladesh            22) Korea (North)         39) Saudi Arabia
 6) Bhutan                23) Korea (South)         40) Singapore
 7) Brunei                24) Kuwait                41) Sri Lanka
 8) Cambodia              25) Kyrgyzstan            42) Syria
 9) China                 26) Laos                  43) Taiwan
10) Cyprus                27) Lebanon               44) Tajikistan
11) East Timor            28) Macau                 45) Thailand
12) Georgia               29) Malaysia              46) Turkmenistan
13) Hong Kong             30) Mongolia              47) United Arab Emirates
14) India                 31) Myanmar (Burma)       48) Uzbekistan
15) Indonesia             32) Nepal                 49) Vietnam
16) Iran                  33) Oman                  50) Yemen
17) Iraq                  34) Pakistan
#? 13

The following information has been given: 

        Hong Kong

Therefore TZ='Asia/Hong_Kong' will be used.
Local time is now:      Mon Jan 24 22:56:39 HKT 2011.
Universal Time is now:  Mon Jan 24 14:56:39 UTC 2011.
Is the above information OK?
1) Yes
2) No
#? 1
Changes are now applied, please restart Toolpack.

Restart Toolpack

 tbtoolpack stop
 tbtoolpack start