$ apropos timezone tzconfig (1) - set the local timezone tzselect (1) - view timezones
just view it, make some suggestions, doesn't change system setting
do the changes (menu directed):
/etc/timezone /etc/localtime
$ file /etc/timezone /etc/timezone: ASCII text
$ file /etc/localtime /etc/localtime: timezone data
Use
zdump -v /etc/localtime
to view its content.