You can manage timezone using one simple command: timedatectl
First, view current settings:
1[otsmanager@server ~]# sudo timedatectl
2 Local time: Sun 2015-12-27 01:31:46 UTC
3 Universal time: Sun 2015-12-27 01:31:46 UTC
4 RTC time: n/a
5 Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000)
6 Network time on: no
7NTP synchronized: yes
8 RTC in local TZ: no
If necessary, change the timezone:
1sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
If you want to know what time zones are available, execute:
1sudo timedatectl list-timezones