setting the system date - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Corona688 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-11-2009

The manpage for GNU date seems straightforward enough:

Code:

DATE(1)                          User Commands                         DATE(1)



NAME
       date - print or set the system date and time

SYNOPSIS
       date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
       date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]

DESCRIPTION
       Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date.

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