How to Set Your Kali VPS Timezone to Sydney (or Anywhere)

How to Set Your Kali VPS Timezone to Sydney (or Anywhere)

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Ever SSH into your VPS and see the system time is stuck in UTC or some random timezone? It’s not just annoying—it can screw with log timestamps, cron jobs, or even your mental state when you’re debugging at 3AM wondering why everything looks off.

Here’s how to set your Kali Linux VPS timezone properly. In this case, we’ll switch it to Australia/Sydney but the method works for any timezone.

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🕒 Step 1: Check your current time settings

timedatectl

This will show your current system time, timezone, and whether NTP (network time sync) is enabled.

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🌏 Step 2: Find the correct timezone

timedatectl list-timezones | grep Sydney

Or just run timedatectl list-timezones and scroll through. Most common ones are in the format Region/City (like America/New_York or Asia/Tokyo).

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⚙️ Step 3: Set the timezone

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Australia/Sydney

That’s it. No reboot needed. Your system time will now align with Sydney time and you’ll stop getting confused by logs that think you’re in London.

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✅ Step 4: Confirm it worked

timedatectl

You should see something like:

Time zone: Australia/Sydney (AEST, +1000)

Done. Now your Kali box runs on Aussie time like a proper legend.

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