Setting system clock and date
To set system clock and date using command, date command can be used.
This is how to do it:
date mmddttttyyyy.ss
where:
- mm – month
- dd – day
- tttt – time in hours and minutes
- yyyy – year
- ss – seconds
For example, to set the current date to 11 March 2008, 12:00 a.m., this command below can be used:
date 110312002008
To see the current date, the date command without argument can be used.
date
To save the time so your changes don’t go away at reboot, run:
hwclock --systohcNo Posts Found
