[plug] time setting

Tue Jun 11 11:06:10 WST 2002

On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 10:58:30AM +0800, Jon L. Miller wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what is the command in Linux for setting the time in
> a shell?  for the life of me I cannot remember

If you have Internet access try something like this to sync the system time
with a time server:

    rdate -s ntp.anu.edu.au

Otherwise you can set it manually with date:

    date -s MMDDhhmm[CC]YY

Later,

Jason Nicholls
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