set the date/time on Linux

You can set the date by issuing (as root):

Usage:

date nnddhhmm[[cc]yy][.ss]

where

• nn = month of the year (01 to 12)
• dd = day of the month (01 to 31)
• hh = hour of the day (00 to 23)
• mm = minute of the hour (00 to 59>
• cc = The first to digits of the year
• yy = The last two digits of the year
• .ss = The seconds