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=== Show date ===
 
  $ date
 
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Will output the system date-time<br />
 
Will output the system date-time<br />
  
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=== To set new date ===
 
  $ date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00"
 
  $ date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00"
 
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Revision as of 19:27, 6 April 2015

Show date

$ date

Will output the system date-time

To set new date

$ date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00"

or:

$ date +%Y%m%d -s "20081128"

To set new time

$ date +%T -s "10:13:13"

To use AM or PM

$ date +%T%p -s "6:10:30AM"