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How to change time as root?

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Can someone tell me how to change time inside red hat linux machine as root?

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To change the date on a Solaris Box:
as root type

date <mmddhhmin>
where mm-month eg. 09
dd -day eg. 10
hh-hour eg. 12
min -minutes e.g. 45

Should work on a Linux Box as well

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