By default, Time zone of NetScaler is GMT (Greenwich MeanTime).  This can be modified to the local time zone for the ease of NetScaler admin.

 

 

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Instructions

1 . To check the time zone of the NetScaler, run the command "date" under shell :

root@NETSCALER90# date 
Wed Dec 30 06:48:57 GMT 2015

Please notice that the above output shows the time zone is "GMT"

2. To find the list of all the geographical locations as per the local zone, run the command :

root@NETSCALER90# cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/
root@NETSCALER90# ls -l
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   1024 Jul 14 19:14 Africa
drwxr-xr-x  6 root  wheel   2560 Jul 14 19:14 America
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jul 14 19:14 Antarctica
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jul 14 19:14 Arctic
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   1536 Jul 14 19:14 Asia
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jul 14 19:14 Atlantic
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jul 14 19:14 Australia
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   2102 Jul 14 19:14 CET
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   2294 Jul 14 19:14 CST6CDT
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   1876 Jul 14 19:14 EET
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    118 Jul 14 19:14 EST
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   2294 Jul 14 19:14 EST5EDT
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   1024 Jul 14 19:14 Etc
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   1536 Jul 14 19:14 Europe
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    255 Jul 14 19:14 Factory
-r--r--r--  6 root  wheel    118 Jul 14 19:14 GMT
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    119 Jul 14 19:14 HST
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jul 14 19:14 Indian
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   2102 Jul 14 19:14 MET
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    118 Jul 14 19:14 MST
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   2294 Jul 14 19:14 MST7MDT
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   2294 Jul 14 19:14 PST8PDT
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   1024 Jul 14 19:14 Pacific
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jul 14 19:14 SystemV
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   1873 Jul 14 19:14 WET
-r--r--r--  2 root  wheel   3519 Jul 14 19:14 posixrules
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  20043 Jul 14 19:14 zone.tab

3. To change the Zone from GMT to IST, copy the zoneinfo to /etc/localtime : 
root@NETSCALER90# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime

4. Check the updated zone of the NetScaler appliance, running the "date" command under shell :

root@NETSCALER90# date
Wed Dec 30 12:19:21 IST 2015

Note :
Likewise, Time Zone of NetScaler can be changed from any zone to any other time zone. 

 

This article shows how we can change the timezone on the NetScaler using CLI

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX120666