How To change time?


 
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Old 09-06-2003
How To change time?

what command must i use to change time ?
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Old 09-06-2003
I think you can use hwclock with root access.
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Old 09-06-2003
thanks man for help i will try
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Old 09-09-2003
man date
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Old 12-15-2005
type date to see the current date

i.e. %> date
Thu Dec 15 10:33:56 PST 2005

Then, to change it, type this:

%> date --set='Thu Dec 15 11:33:56 PST 2005'


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what command must i use to change time ?
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