Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:47:16 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time? Message-ID: <19980105194716.40370@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980105020251.1369A-100000@luke.cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 02:03:45AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980105020251.1369A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 02:03:45AM -0800, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > Pardon the amateur question, but how do you set the time? With date(1) > If the command is date if you could please give an example... Sure. It's Real Simple :-) To set just the time, say to 3:14 pm, enter # date 1514 Note the # prompt (you must be root), and the 24 hour clock. If you want to set the date as well, say to January 7, you *must* specify the time as well: # date 01071514 Then, you can set the year too: # date 9701071514 Sorry, you can't (currently) specify all four digits of the year. That's not that serious: for example, to set the year to 2002, you can enter: # date 0201071514 OK? Greg
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