Linux command: date

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$ 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"