#Change timezone linux command plus

#Change timezone linux command plus

To create custom date format, use a plus sign (+) The accepted format is YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY represents the year, MM the month in two digits and DD for the day in two digits. Changing the date to 15 January 2019, you should use the following command # timedatectl set-time 20190115 Create custom date format You can use timedatectl to set the time and the date respectively. Please note, that you must have root privilege to do this. It will set your current date and time of your system into 'January 25, 2014' and '09:17:00 AM'. If for some reason you have to change it manually using date command, we can use this command : Generally, you want your system date and time is set automatically. To change the locale to either AM or PM use the %p in the following format. From the command line, use date command as follows # date +%T -s '10:13:13' Setting the time to 09:08:07 use the command as follows (using the timedatectl) # timedatectl set-time 09:08:07 using date commandĬhanging time means all the system processes are running on the same clock putting the desktop and server at the same time. HH stands for the hour in 24-hour format, MM stands for minutes and SS for seconds. We use the timedatectl to change system time using the format HH:MM: SS. You can also use the same command to check a date 2 days ago $ date -date='2 days ago'Ĭhecking on the status of the time on your system as well as the present time settings, use the command timedatectl as shown # timedatectl