Change system time or date or both

lel800 · 10-28-2003, 02:28 PM

Hello,

How can I change the time and date on Linux?

Thank you in advance.

david_ross · 10-28-2003, 02:39 PM

look at the "date" command:
man date

or sync with an ntp server using:
ntpdate time.nist.gov
rdate -s time.nist.gov

druuna · 10-28-2003, 02:41 PM

man date
man time
man hwclock

Here's and example:

date --set="Tue Jun 10 17:50:05"

lel800 · 10-28-2003, 02:57 PM

Thank you both for your posts...

I did as david_ross suggested and checked the man pages. And there I found that I could use "--set" to set the date, passing in some string. I was confused about what sort of string to use.

Then I noticed the post by druuna and I used

date --set="Wed Oct 28 13:53:00"

I logged out and back in again and I noticed that it worked.

Thanks again to you.

Tinkster · 10-28-2003, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by druuna

Sorry, this is your first post I came across
and I'm TOO curious .... your nick is from
Serpieri's comics? :)

Your footer looks familiar :}

Cheers,
Tink

druuna · 10-28-2003, 06:29 PM

Yep. Guilty, I'm a big Druuna fan

I don't even remember where I got the sig. It's been so for the last 15 years or so. I know it's not mine, but cannot remember where I read it (anyone??).

Tinkster · 10-28-2003, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by druuna
Yep. Guilty, I'm a big Druuna fan :)

It's a bit chaotic but ummmmh, quite
exquisit drawing skills ... Paolo teaches
art somewhere in Italy, right?

As for the footer, I can't recall, either :}
/me is old ;)

Cheers,
Tink

P.S.: I apologise for the OT!