set time

[supr...@excite.com]

Can some one tell me the correct to corrctly set the time on a Trustix
server?
I have tried date 1146, but it will not change the time. That is what
I found on another site, actually a couple of sites. I also tried
0502241146 and this did not work either.
Thanks

[Lew Pitcher]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

supr...@excite.com wrote:
> Can some one tell me the correct to corrctly set the time on a Trustix
> server?

Assuming that Trustix uses the Linux "coreutils" date(1), then the correct way
is to use date(1) command to set the system time.

> I have tried date 1146, but it will not change the time.

Probably not.
date 1146
is not a properly formatted date command.

> That is what
> I found on another site, actually a couple of sites. I also tried
> 0502241146 and this did not work either.

I wouldn't expect
date 0502231146
to work either. It's still not a properly formatted date command.

If you take a look at the date(1) manpage ("man 1 date"), you'll find that the
short format to set the date and time is
date MMDDhhmm
as in
date 02241146
to set the system clock to 11:46 AM on February 24

A longer form is
date MMDDhhmm.ss
as in
date 02241146.22
to set the system clock to 11:46:22 AM on February 24

Even longer is
date MMDDhhmmCCYY.ss
as in
date 022411462005.22
to set the system clock to 11:46:22 AM on February 24, 2005

Try one of these forms and see if it works for you.

- --
Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | GPG public key available on request
Registered Linux User #112576 (http://counter.li.org/)
Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFCHprtagVFX4UWr64RAjZsAKDNVtxo5G0bwSPoFnOQGTJ8aTBk5QCg9fwU
vcNGEwKKEL6UukdEfheACcc=
=zoJt
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

[Lynn Morrison]

> A longer form is
> date MMDDhhmm.ss
> as in
> date 02241146.22
> to set the system clock to 11:46:22 AM on February 24
>
> Even longer is
> date MMDDhhmmCCYY.ss
> as in
> date 022411462005.22
> to set the system clock to 11:46:22 AM on February 24, 2005
>
> Try one of these forms and see if it works for you.
>
>

This has me curious, when you just type date, you get the current date
and time etc.... but it also shows the time zone. How is this changed?

Lynn

[Lew Pitcher]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

- From the TZ envvar, or from /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime if the TZ envvar isn't
set.

I.e.
lpitcher@merlin:~$ echo $TZ

lpitcher@merlin:~$ date
Thu Mar 24 11:29:50 EST 2005
lpitcher@merlin:~$ export TZ=UTC
lpitcher@merlin:~$ date
Thu Mar 24 16:29:58 UTC 2005
lpitcher@merlin:~$ export TZ=EST5EDT
lpitcher@merlin:~$ date
Thu Mar 24 11:30:09 EST 2005

- --
Lew Pitcher
IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems,
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32)

iD8DBQFCQuwzagVFX4UWr64RAgiWAJ4m5s5PEwL9wcziqtGDB8xWTfdvAACgocrN
exbf+ELF5hw4a6CMvX5txPI=
=rmi/
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----