Re: set time

From: Lew Pitcher (lpitcher_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:26:37 -0500

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suprtiger@excite.com wrote:
> Can some one tell me the correct to corrctly set the time on a Trustix
> server?

Assuming that Trustix uses the Linux "coreutils" date(1), then the correct way
is to use date(1) command to set the system time.

> I have tried date 1146, but it will not change the time.

Probably not.
  date 1146
is not a properly formatted date command.

> That is what
> I found on another site, actually a couple of sites. I also tried
> 0502241146 and this did not work either.

I wouldn't expect
  date 0502231146
to work either. It's still not a properly formatted date command.

If you take a look at the date(1) manpage ("man 1 date"), you'll find that the
short format to set the date and time is
  date MMDDhhmm
as in
  date 02241146
to set the system clock to 11:46 AM on February 24

A longer form is
  date MMDDhhmm.ss
as in
  date 02241146.22
to set the system clock to 11:46:22 AM on February 24

Even longer is
  date MMDDhhmmCCYY.ss
as in
  date 022411462005.22
to set the system clock to 11:46:22 AM on February 24, 2005

Try one of these forms and see if it works for you.

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Lew Pitcher

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