date -s '11-feb-2002 16:36:30' works for me.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Robert A. Henderson wrote: > Ok, this is stupid but it's driving me crazy. I need to change the date > and time on a Mandrake 8.0 box. I know it's "date -s blah" but I'm having > trouble with the "blah" part. > > Yes, I did a man and it ain't helping. I've done this before but lately > I've fallen victim to the GUI mush brain syndrome and now I can't get the > command line to work worth a flip. > > What's the format? > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >
