Re: setting the date with date

[aphro <nate@firetrail.com>]

hit date

and u get

Wed Nov  3 22:56:57 PST 1999

hit date --set "Wed Nov  3 22:56:57 PST 1999"

anmd the new date is set ..of course change according to what u got goin
there. i suggest using NTP to set the date, more accurate..get your date
set to the microsecond, unless you can type fast enough to set it that way
:) i just re synched my main server's date, it was off by -0.019408
seconds ..

nate

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On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, 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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