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setting the clock

I can't figure out how to set the clock in VectorLinux (with XFCE), and I need to--it's displaying the wrong time (even though it's set to the correct timezone). Neither left-clicking nor right-clicking on the clock offers an option to change the time.

You set the clock with the date utility (as root) in a terminal window.

The form is, for setting the clock to local time,

Code:

date -s "STRING"

where STRING is

Code:

"13:20:30"

to set the time of day (24-hour!).

If your system clock is set to UTC and you want to set the clock to 13 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds UTC you would

Code:

su - (or sudo)

date -u -s "13:30:30"

Note that the display time will be your local time, not UTC (unless, of course, your time zone is 0 degrees longitude, eh?).

See the manual page for date or info coreutils 'date invocation' for more information.

Hope this helps some.

Got it. Thank you. The desktop clock display takes some time to adjust.

You should also be able to use vzoneset in Vector to change UTC to local time.