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2009-07-19 - Unity Linux 0.99-alpha1 ∞
I just use drakclock. Probably the same for Mandriva and PCLinuxOS too. No funny screen blanking etc is done for a simple day date change.
I think it reverted itself, so I'll try a clock --hctosys this time.
2008-03-12 - PCLinuxOS v2007 ∞
Same as 2001-12-21 - Slackware (version not recorded)
2005-08-02 - Debian (version not recorded) ∞
See also Time
date -s 2005-08-02 # set the date: yyyy-mm-dd # yyyymmdd also works. date -s 14:05:0 # set the time: hh:mm:ss (24 hour clock)
2001-12-21 - Slackware (version not recorded) ∞
date -s 20011221 # set the date: yyyymmdd clock --set --date 06:00:00 --localtime # set the time clock --hctosys # save the system time to the hardware clock # This may blank your screen and/or trigger # your screen saver, locking your screen.
