On Sat, 29 May 2004 10:08:23 -0700 "Mike McMullen" <mlm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Dupy" <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:09 PM > Subject: Time and Date > > > > does anyone know a simple way to change the time and date > > on a FC1 machine in command line mode > > I don't have a gui installed > > > > I don't quite understand the "date" command options > > > > Thanks > > > > Don Dupy > > Don, try: > > date MMDDhhmmYYYY > > example: > > date 052910062004 > > This will set the date and time to "Sat May 29 10:06:00 2004". > > Hope this helps, > > Mike IIRC, if you don't set hardware clock afterwards, new time won't "stick" after a reboot. I guess you should use hwclock --hctosys after the 'date' command. hwclock can also set the date/time directly, check its manpage. HTH Andre PS: UTC/localtime might also be an issue if you're running a dual-boot machine, because settings for one OS might differ from the other. -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
