You cannot change the system time for a VPS because all VPSes on the hardware node have the same system time. However, it is possible to change the default system timezone inside a VPS, for example, by replacing /etc/localtime with the file from /usr/share/zoneinfo which contains a description of your timezone.

For example if you want to change the timezone to NZ, you can do this via SSH:

cd /usr/share/zoneinfo
cp NZ /etc/localtime

The server will ask you:

cp: overwrite `/etc/localtime'?

Answer with y and your timezone will be changed.

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