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Asked: 2010-07-15 02:24:26 +0800 CST

Changing linux date with current time

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I am running sudo date +%m/%d/%Y -s 7/14/2010 command to change date. It changes fine except I want it to pick up the current time as well, and not start the time from 00:00:00 on 7/14/2010.

linux time date

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  1. Best Answer

    Just extend the call to include hour information too:

    sudo date +"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S" -s "7/14/2010 10:00:00"
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  2. If you need accurate time, use ntpdate or better run ntpd daemon:

    Example:

    /usr/sbin/ntpdate clock.redhat.com
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  3. It is often a good idea to sync the BIOS clock if there is that much of an offset after changing. This can be done via:

    hwclock --systohc

    Typically distributions write to BIOS on a shutdown.

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