ntpd

The ntpd (Network Time Protocol daemon) program is an operating system daemon which sets and maintains the system time of day in synchronism with time servers.

ntpd is an operating system daemon which sets and maintains the system time of day in synchronism with time servers.

It should be pretty obvious why would want to install this on a server!

Client Installation
Installing the client is straightforward:

yum -y install ntp

Then configure it for automatic startup at boot time:

chkconfig --levels 345 ntpd on
service ntpd start

Change Timezone

rm /etc/localtime
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime

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