centOS change month

conflicker · 07-05-2012, 06:35 AM

Hi, any idea on how to change the month of my server,
the date -s command is need to change m/d/y h:m:s which I don't want to do.

my server is centOS 6..

Thanks..

Satyaveer Arya · 07-05-2012, 08:11 AM

But the month can be changed with the same command as well.
You do one thing, put the same date and year while changing the month and just change the month according to your need.
One of the examples for changing the date is as follows:

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# date -s "5 Jul 2012 18:00:00"

So, as shown above in the example, you can just change the month there according to your requirement.

greenboysd · 07-05-2012, 08:42 AM

you can use this cmd date --set="STRING" or --reference=FILE

conflicker · 07-05-2012, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by greenboysd

you can use this cmd date --set="STRING" or --reference=FILE

Any idea what this error means?

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date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted

Nylex · 07-05-2012, 09:25 AM

To set the date, you need to be root.

Satyaveer Arya · 07-05-2012, 09:54 AM

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Any idea what this error means?

Show us the command you executed.

conflicker · 07-05-2012, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Nylex

To set the date, you need to be root.

Here is the command that I execute:

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date --set="5 JUL 2012 13:44:30"

I already logged as root..

greenboysd · 07-09-2012, 12:31 AM

It should be working.

[root@host1]# date
Mon Jul 9 10:59:29 IST 2012
[root@host1]# date --set="5 JUL 2012 13:44:30"
Thu Jul 5 13:44:30 IST 2012
[root@host1]# date
Thu Jul 5 13:44:33 IST 2012
[root@bost1]#