29 May
2001
29 May
'01
16:31
Dee McKinney
Raul Gutierrez Segales
wrote: can I change the date of my system from the console or only changing the bios will take effect.
/bin/date changes the system time, /sbin/hwclock changes the BIOS (CMOS) time. (Changes to the system time are lost when the system is rebooted.) See also the GMT variable in /etc/rc.config.
I had to figure this out myself as I posted this question with no response :)
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