From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.22]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6c0z-0007HJ-00 for ; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 16:31:33 -0400 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1A6c0v-0002IT-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:31:29 -0700 Received: (qmail 17895 invoked by uid 1023); 6 Oct 2003 20:31:13 -0000 Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 15:31:13 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: My Clock Is Confused Message-ID: <20031006203113.GC17796@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20031006194817.GA17428@romuald.net.eu.org> <20031006202439.JVKU23807.mta9.adelphia.net@beavis> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031006202439.JVKU23807.mta9.adelphia.net@beavis> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks, that's a bit less combersum. Guess date is still a mystery even to non-newbies (grin). Greg On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 04:29:50PM -0400, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi > Actually, there is a way to do it separately. Use the s switch to date. The format is: > date -s year-mm-dd > to set the date. Taking your provided example, it would look like: > date -s 2003-10-06 > After that, you set the time in 24-hour format like this: > date -s hh:mm:ss > Again, taking your example, you would use: > date -s 14:40 > Note that specifying the seconds is not necessary, but you can if you want. I've often found this easier than combining the two, especially when I only need > to set one of them. > HTH -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org