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Old 07-13-2014, 08:51 AM   #1
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Setting date/time

I just set my server date/time to my local time. Does this instruction that resets the date/time in the non-volatile (CMOS) memory still work with Debian?

hwclock --systohc
 
Old 07-13-2014, 11:27 AM   #2
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Setting the date and time is a two step process.

Step 1: use the date command to set date and time.

Step 2: use hwclock to set the date and time in the hardware clock.
 
  


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