Thanks, now the help instructions make sense. I guess if I'd read them with an open mind I'd have figured it out but it is too strange to be believable. I'm going to find a program to keep the time current so I don't have to worry about this. I feel better that it works. Having the wrong time can be a little dangerous. It can do strange things to files. Rejean Proulx Visit my family at http://interfree.ca MSN is: rejp at rogers.com Ham License VA3REJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 3:48 PM Subject: Re: My Clock Is Confused > 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 speci'1H9he 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
