Try hwclock, it's more straightforward than doing it with date. Here's the example from the hwclock man page:
hwclock --set --date="9/22/96 16:45:05" Bob On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 04:40:45AM +0200, tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > I have one that really should be easy, I think, but I'm struggling with > the silly "date" command. I need to set my system clock. > > ack. three books, an info page and a mailing-list archive later... > > can someone put me out of my misery and tell me the format for date? > > thanks > -- > > > -t > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
