'date' command format

Neorio · 11-17-2003, 10:07 PM

I'm having a hell of a time trying to use the 'date' command to set the time on my box. The man page is just confusing. Can someone give me an example of how to use 'date' to set the time?

unSpawn · 11-18-2003, 12:24 AM

As root: "date --set='100 years ago'"

adz · 11-18-2003, 09:19 AM

You can test it with the "-d" flag to make sure. This will spit out the date according to the entered string. Once you've got the one you want, change the "-d" to a "-s" and the date's set.

l.medoshvili · 01-18-2011, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neorio

I'm having a hell of a time trying to use the 'date' command to set the time on my box. The man page is just confusing. Can someone give me an example of how to use 'date' to set the time?

Code:

date -s "11/20/2003 12:48:00"

with this command you can set date and time

if you want to set only time than use next:

Code:

date -s "12:48:00"