Hi Actually, there is a way to do it separately. Use the s switch to date. The format is: date -s year-mm-dd to set the date. Taking your provided example, it would look like: date -s 2003-10-06 After that, you set the time in 24-hour format like this: date -s hh:mm:ss Again, taking your example, you would use: date -s 14:40 Note that specifying the seconds is not necessary, but you can if you want. I've often found this easier than combining the two, especially when I only need to set one of them. HTH On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:48:17 -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: >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. >
