Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:12:07 -0500 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: Greg Fraize <greg@oz.plymouth.edu> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: setting the time on FreeBSD 2.2.5 Message-ID: <19971111151207.43860@rh.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3468AF98.8975D4EB@oz.plymouth.edu>; from Greg Fraize on Tue, Nov 11, 1997 at 02:18:48PM -0500 References: <3468AF98.8975D4EB@oz.plymouth.edu>
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On Tue, Nov 11, 1997 at 02:18:48PM -0500, Greg Fraize wrote:
> I set the time zone right..but i can nto fine the command to
> set the time....thanks
You can set the date and time using the "date" command. I'm
writing this at 3:07pm on 11 November, so I would set the date with:
date 9711111507
for example.
If you have a working network connection (even a modem) on the machine,
it is probably easier and more accurate to set the clock from another
machine running NTP:
ntpdate clock.psu.edu
("clock.psu.edu" is a perfectly good example; your ISP, company, or
whatnot may have its own that you can use).
Both methods must be done as root; you obviously don't want just anyone
changing the date on you.
Regards,
Matthew
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