date

To change the system date use:

# date {mmddhhmiyyyy.ss}

 

mm – Month

dd – Date

hh – 24 hour format

mi – Minutes

yyyy – Year

ss – seconds

For example, to set system date to Jan 31st 2008, 10:19 p.m, 53 seconds

# date 013122192009.53

You can also change system date using set argument as shown below.

# date 013122192009.53

# date +%Y%m%d -s "20090131"

# date -s "01/31/2009 22:19:53"

# date -s "31 JAN 2009 22:19:53"

# date set="31 JAN 2009 22:19:53"