Yep, thats the point man date is real confusing Don Dupy Systems Administrator Maxxrad PC Services http://www.maxxrad.net email: fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx On Sun, 30 May 2004, Dexter Ang wrote: > Don Dupy wrote: > > 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 > > date --set "Jul 22 1980 13:00:00" > > or something like it. i would have suggested "man date" but, looking > through it, it probably wouldn't have helped. basically, type "date" and > see the result. you can pretty much copy the format, changing the values > you want. or, if you have internet access, ntp isn't blocked by > firewalls, and you have your timezone correctly set, as root type > "/usr/sbin/ntpdate time.nist.gov". this will automatically set the > correct time on your machine. =) > > hope this helps. > > dex > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
