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abd_bela

11-12-2008 03:16 AM

change the time of the system

Hi,
I want to change the time for my system, ( the time displayed doesn't correspond to my country which is gmt+1)
I use date -s, but I have to do it at each reboot,
how to do it permanently

thanks a lot
bela

anonobomber

11-12-2008 04:42 AM

Use the 'tzselect' command.

jstephens84

11-17-2008 08:20 AM

another thing to think about is use ntp so that it will update your system for you. but I think the command you want is

Code:

tzconfig

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:01 AM.