Linux set date and time from command prompt
Q. How can I set the system date and time from the command prompt (bash shell)? I don't have GUI installed and I am login over ssh session.
A. Use date command to display the current date and time or set the system date and time over ssh session.
This is useful if the Linux server time and/or date is wrong, and you need to set it to new values from the shell prompt.
Task: Set new date / time
Use the following syntax to set new data and time:
date set="STRING"
For example, set new data to 2 Oct 2006 18:00:00, type the following command as root user:
# date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00"
You can also set new timzone using this mini-howto.
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April 8th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Found out i had to set the date like this:
# date -s 2007.04.08-22:46+0000
December 12th, 2007 at 6:57 am
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