[SGVLUG] tzdata2007c.tar.gz

Marsden MacRae mmacrae at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 12 13:39:22 PST 2007


Steve Bibayoff wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 3/12/07, Marsden MacRae <mmacrae at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Isn't the command
>> #date=
> 
> No, the command is usually,
> # date -s MMDDhhmm.ss
> which looks something like this for now
> # date -s 03121414.33
> or
> # date  03121414.33
> (March 12 2:14:33pm)
> 
> Or easier,
> # date -s '+1 hours'
> (I'm not positive of this last one, it something like that).
> 
> And remember when you do update your timezones packages, your time may 
> change.
> 
> 
> hth.
> 
> Steve

Thanks, that was indeed very helpful since it untangled the syntax for me.

I'll stick it in my notes.

Thx
Marsden



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