Changing DATE or TIME on UNIX

Changing DATE or TIME on UNIX

The Command:

bash# date mmddhhmmyy

The date command takes the syntax mmddhhmmyy, or “month day hour minute year”. You have to be superuser to set the time.

Example:

    # date 1201010106
    Fri Dec  1 01:01:00 PST 2006
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