Yeah, the syntax of date is pretty weird. In a nutshell, you want to pass 8 digits to the date command Digits 1 and 2 specify the month (I.E. 10 for October). Digits 3 and 4 specify the day (I.E. 06 for the 6th day of the month). Digits 5 and 6 specify the hour (I.E. 14 for 2 P.M.) (remember that you're dealing with a 24 hour clock here). It's possible to specify the hour in 12 hour format with an A or P at the end of the number string, but I've always used 24 hour format for this, so haven't tried the A or P myself. The final 7 and 8 digits specify the minute (I.E. 40 for the 40th minute). So, for example, if you wanted to set your clock to October 06th, 14:40, you would do as root "date 10061440" and that should do it, preserving whatever time zone you've got set at the time. What I mean by that, is that only the hour/minute will change, but your time zone won't. Wonder why they didn't implement the date and time changes separately in unix, would have sure made things less confusing for newbies to learn. Hth. Greg P.S., once you've got this set, you won't need to worry about it, assuming your cmos battery has charge of course to keep the clock going when your machine is off. On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 01:38:50PM -0400, Rejean Proulx wrote: > OK, I've done that and it was correct. Now I have to reset my clock. I ran > base-config, just the first part of it and told it that my clock is not UTC. > Now I am 4 hours behind. If I tell it my hardware clock is UTC then it puts > me 4 hours ahead. How to I reset the clock to the right time and run a > program to keep it that way? I tried the date command and the parameters > are strange. I haven't been able to get it right yet. > > Rejean Proulx > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca > MSN is: rejp at rogers.com > Ham License VA3REJ > -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org
