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Ubuntu Change Time And Zone Format

Note This may require a reboot.

Switch to 24 hour format

localectl set-locale LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8

Switch from UTC to CET

First we list all available CET timezones

timedatectl list-timezones | grep Europe

In order to use Europe / Copenhagen run the following command.

timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Copenhagen