timdatectl command

Hello,

I have a question in regard to timedateclt. I have a server that is picking up GMT/UTC time and is five hours off as I am here in New York.

If I run the command timedatectl set-timetimezone America/New_York it will change the time to EST. However, I am wondering what will happen to the files and folders on the Server? I think that is the only command I need to run.

Will they retain the UTC/GMT time or will they inherit the new EST time. I am thinking its the latter in that files/folders will inherit new times.

More important though is what will happen to timestamps of backups, specifically my databases backups?

I could not really find a clear answer on the Internet so reason why I am posting here.

As always all help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Patrick Broderick