How to modify date and time in linux

This article mainly introduces how to modify the date and time in linux, the article is very detailed, has a certain reference value, interested friends must read it!

Linux method to modify date and time: execute [date-s "year-month-day hour: minute: second"] command to modify date and time successfully. If you want to see the time and date, simply execute the [date] command.

How to modify and view the date and time:

1. Check the time and date

# dateFri Jan 11 14:04:10 CST 2019

2. Modification time

Syntax: date-s "hours: minutes: seconds"

# date-s "17:20:30"

3. Date and time of modification

Grammar: date-s "year-month-day hours: minutes: seconds"

# date-s "2019-01-11 14:21:30"

Note: the setting time needs to be enclosed in double quotation marks, otherwise an error will be reported.

4. Hwclock-w writes the time to BIOS to avoid losing the set time after restarting the server.

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