Subject: Re: Time
From: Adam Elkins (i-robot@gci.net)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 21:45:32 AKDT
Clay Scott wrote:
>try 'man date'. the syntax is date MMDDhhmmYY.
>month/day/hour/minute/year
>
>to set the current date and time for anchorage (apr. 30, 2002 @ 9:20pm)
>would be:
>
>date 0430212002
>
>to save that to the hardware clock for after reboots, since i've noticed
>it doesn't always get saved properly, use the utility hwclock
>
>/sbin/hwclock --systohc
>
>this should be done on your next system shutdown, but after having to
>figure out why this wasn't happening a long while back, i do it just to
>be sure on the few times i ever have to change my clock manually.
>
>you might also want to look up the gnome app 'gnuclear'. it's an atomic
>clock app that gives you a list of servers to choose from and, if run as
>root, allows you to change the system clock to match.
>
>clay
>
Ahh, That looks a bit better. Thanks Clay.
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