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SBDavid
Sep 20th, 2012

Date and Time Setup

Date and Time Setup

The date command allows the superuser to set the system date and time manually:

Change the current date.

Type the command in the following form at a shell prompt, replacing the YYYY with a four-digit year,
MM with a two-digit month, and DD with a two-digit day of the month:

For example, to set the date to 2 June 2010, type:

# date +%D -s 2010-06-02

Change the current time. Use the following command, where HH stands for an hour,
MM is a minute, and SS is a second, all typed in a two-digit form:

For instance, to set the system clock to 11:26 PM using the UTC, type:

# date +%T -s 23:26:00 -u

You can check your current settings by typing date without any additional argument:

# date
SBDavid
Jun 6th, 2009

How to Change Date and Time

How to Change Date and Time

You can change the date and time on linux machine using the date command.

Example: If you want to change the date to July 31, 11:16 pm then type as follows

date 07312316

If you want to change the year as well, you could type

“date 073123161998”

You can also use the following:

date -s “31 JULY 2009 23:16:00″