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Changing date per session

Hello
Can user change his date ( date -u ) and not being as root?
i need it for testing.

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No you cannot do that. Here is the man page, and here's an excerpt:

Quote:

DIAGNOSTICS

no permission
You are not the super-user and you tried to change the
date.

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