Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:14:13 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: "r a n d y ../" <randy@randys.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Setting the Time Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101200009290.43257-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <20010119215953-r01010600-ed3adca6@192.168.100.2>
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, r a n d y ../ wrote: :I just noticed that `date` produces the wrong time. How do I set the time in :FreeBSD? I set the time zone to PST, but the time is off by -8 hours. with date, as root. format is date ccyymmddHHMM.SS -- that is, to set the date to 20 january 2001 at noon: date 200101201200 there is also ntp, the network time protocol, which will keep your clock from drifting. See the manpages for ntpd(8) and ntpdate(8) (which sets the time once, instead of all the time) : :TIA :-randy : :========================== : r a n d y / randys.ORG :========================== : http://randys.org : : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message : : David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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