Change time zone on esxi 6.7 host

[alex_vsphere]

Hello. Is there a way to change the time  zone on a ESXi host?

I try to generate a certificate for vCenter using my own CA, and when I import the certificate, I get an error. I did not get the error, sorry, but I have read that it could be related with the time zone. The ESXi hosts and vCenter have a different time zone then the CA has.

Best regards!

[SureshKumarMuth]

You cannot change the timezone of ESXi host

How can i change time zone in esxi 6.7?

[RickVerstegen]

You can use NTP, but you cannot change the timezone on ESXi.

[nileshm · Accepted solution]

you cannot set time zone on esxi host. You can either set the time manually or configure NTP server.

[alex_vsphere]

Hello.

And thank you for your answers. I have configured the NTP server. And it does work. the strange thing is that in the vsphere client I still see UTC.

In vCenter, it shows the correct time, CEST.

Is this the way it should be?

[daphnissov]

Yes

[alex_vsphere]

Thank you all for your replies!

Best regards!