how do you change the date / time?

jkane · 01-10-2002, 07:44 AM

I am new to linux and run a few parking garages in the Atlanta area. One of the locations is running a test parking program that is run on linux. I am able to run the parking software fine but I can not figure out how to change the time. (the parking service company does not know either since all the other programs are run on WinNT) Thanks!!! Joe

elist · 01-10-2002, 08:27 AM

Thanks to bughunter for this:

date MMDDHHmmYYYY.SS

for example: "date 042017012001.00" sets a time of April 20, 2001 5:01:00 pm (remember that it uses military time)

Then type "date" to verify it's correct.

kervin · 01-15-2002, 09:09 PM

also, to synchronize your hardware clock with the system clock's time try 'hwclock --systohc'