Re: how do I set the time on my PC?

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From: Tiny Human Ferret
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:55

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big_daddy.nospam@thediapersuperstore.com wrote:
> 
> Damon Riley <damonriley@alumni.umass.edu> wrote:
> > Hi.  I would guess this is a simple operation, yet I am unable to find
> > the right question or command.
> > I have looked unsuccessfully in 3 different books.  I hope someone here
> > will come to my aid again.
> 
> > 'clock' and 'time' are both for measuring time.  I don't want to do
> > that, I just want my desktop clock
> > to display the correct time.  Right now it's about 7 minutes slow.
> 
> From the command line:
> 
> date --set 07:45

Try also `netdate <hostname>`



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