Default timezone settings does not affect the server time

Symptoms 

Default timezone settings in Configuration > Settings > General does not affect the server time 

Cause

It is an expected behavior

Resolution

Set timezone on the server manually:

1. Connect to the server via SSH
2. Execute the following commands to set the server time to Asia/Shanghai:

   # unlink /etc/localtime
   # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai /etc/localtime

3. To find available timezones, execute the follwoing command:

   # ls -l /usr/share/zoneinfo/