how to set time zone in VPS node (OpenVZ)

Below is the steps to set the time zone for a particular node in VPS.

1. Login to the main node.(SSH).
2. Stop the node(container) which you want to set time.
   # vzctl stop 777
            777 = Container ID
3.Set the container to have capability to change the time zone.
   # vzctl set 777 --capability sys_time:on --save

4. Start the container and login to it.
   # vzctl start 777
   # vzctl enter 777
5. Change your local timezone.
   # mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime_bk
   # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime
6. Set the date
   # date 100318312010
  time has been set to 18.31 on 3rd Oct 2010
  (10-Month, 03-Day, 06-Hours,  31-Minutes,  2010 -Year