How to set time in Linux
While logged in as root do the following: 1. Type "date". 2. You should see some variation of" "Wed Nov 24, 9:29:17 EST 1999" 3. To change the time type(as an example): date -s 10:10 4. The system response will be: "Wed Nov 24, 10:10:02 EST 1999" 5. Then if you want to set the hardware(BIOS) clock so the system will keep the time when it reboots type: clock -w or setclock Link: http://www.cpqlinux.com/date.html http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/howtos/linux_htmisc.html