Chapter 3 - Additional Features
User Guide
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In the example below:
GST+7DST+6M4.1.0/14:30.M10.5.6/10
Daylight Savings Time starts on the first Sunday of April at 2:30 p.m. and it ends on the last
Saturday of October at 10:00 a.m.
How to set Date and Time
The date command prints or sets the system date and time. Format of the command:
date [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ year
^ ^ ^ ^ century
^ ^ ^ minute
^ ^ hour
^ day
month
For example:
date 101014452002
produces:
Thu Oct 10 14:45:00 DST 2002
The DST is because it was specified in /etc/TIMEZONE.
