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Linux – date command

To change the date and time, type su, enter your password, then become root. Or sudo if you have a different setup.

You must adhere to the following format when setting date and time

MMDDhhmmCCYY.ss

MM 2 digits month
DD  2 digits day of the month
hh   2 digits hour in 24-hour clock format
mm 2 digits minute
CC  2 digits century
YY  2 digits  year
ss   2 digit seconds

For example: change the date and time to October 10 2008, 11:34:35 EDT

Change Date/Time