Setting of Linux Time

Setting Linux Time Programs for working with time and date are: clock - This is a soft link to hwclock. date(1) - Print or set the system date and time. hwclock(8) - Sets the hardware clock based on values entered on the command line. setclock(8) - Sets the BIOS hardware clock based on the time and setup of the system clock. timeconfig(8) - A program used to configure the system configuration file "/etc/sysconfig/clock" which includes the type of clock and timezone. An Example: While logged in as root do the following: Type "date". You should see some variation of" "Wed Nov 24, 9:29:17 EST 1999" To change the time type(as an example): date -s 10:10 The system response will be: "Wed Nov 24, 10:10:02 EST 1999" Then if you want to set the hardware(BIOS) clock so the system will keep the time when it reboots type: clock -w or setclock

The program setclock will set your hardware clock based on your system configuration parameters including whether or not your clock is set to universal time.