Re: setting the date with date

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>]

Try hwclock, it's more straightforward than doing it with date.

Here's the example from the hwclock man page:

hwclock --set --date="9/22/96 16:45:05"

Bob


On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 04:40:45AM +0200, tf wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> I have one that really should be easy, I think, but I'm struggling with
> the silly "date" command.  I need to set my system clock.
> 
> ack. three books, an info page and a mailing-list archive later...
> 
> can someone put me out of my misery and tell me the format for date?
> 
> thanks
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