Set date in RH6.2

[butchrecon]

How do I set the date in RH6.2 with out going into Linuxconf or Xwindows? James Collins
Field Service Engineer
A+, MCP, Network+

email: butchrecon@skyenet.net

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[sleipnir214]

The command "date" will do it. ______________________________________________________________________
TANSTAAFL!

 

[butchrecon]

The problem is I am not getting the format correct.

date -s 110411312002

This does not work. James Collins
Field Service Engineer
A+, MCP, Network+

email: butchrecon@skyenet.net

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[Stingreen]

Check out these sites,
Those should help.

http://www.wagoneers.com/UNIX/Linux/Linux-DATE-manpage.html

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/date.1.html

 

[butchrecon]

[MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]

I am having an issue with this format. It tells me invalid. James Collins
Field Service Engineer
A+, MCP, Network+

email: butchrecon@skyenet.net

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[fluid11]

You have to use the date command in this format...

date MMDDhhmmYY.ss

MM = Month
DD = Day
hh = hour
mm = minute
YY = year
.ss = seconds

The year and seconds are optional.

To change the date to 11/04/02, 6:40pm...

[root@penguin root]# date 1104184002.00
Mon Nov 04 18:40:00 EDT 2002


ChrisP