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Re: Date Problems



On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:10:08AM -0500,
D Richards <extra_at_galstar.com@ichtus.debian.org> wrote:
> 
> I've just reinstalled debian hamm on my new 2.5 gig HD with no problems.  Except I can't seem to understand the correct syntax for setting my system date and time using 'date'.
> 
> Can anyone give me an example with an explanation
> 
> TIA
> 
> Duane Richards 

The GNU date command is pretty smart. You can use most common date
formats with the -s option. For example, date -s 'Mar 1 8:55am 1999' is
the same as date -s '3/1/1999 8:55:00'.

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