how to set date and time in linux

[yogesh kumar_2]

hi

How to set date and time in linux.

[Sushil Srivastava]

to check the Date
#date
Thu Sep 25 05:41:14 EDT 2008

to change the date
# date -s "Thu Sep 25 05:41:14 EDT 2008"
change the "" fields as per your requirment.

Let me know if it works or the date which you want to be set

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

You should post these questions in the Linux forum.

http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/familyhome.do?familyId=118

http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/RH-Linux-Time.html

Robert-Jan

[yogesh kumar_2]

Thank you sushil

[Kapil Jha]

Moderator please move this thread to linux.
Anyways you can set timezone correctly aslo as it may cause some time issue.
BR,
kapil+

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

from command line
to set the date to Sep 25 12:45 AM
#date 0925004508
here
09 is mon
25 is date
00 is hr.
45 in min.
08 is year

Suraj

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

date command will do it. See the man page.

Also note that ntp is the way to make sure time and data are consistent through out your network.

SEP

[Dennis Handly]

>kapil: Moderator please move this thread to linux.

Requests to move threads can be made by replying to a monthly thread like:
July-September 2008 Moderator Intervention thread
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1245248