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Commands tagged time

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hwclock --systohc -utc
2010-03-26 18:04:12
User: 0disse0
Functions: hwclock
Tags: time
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Set the hardware date and time based on the system date
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utime(){ perl -e "print localtime($1).\"\n\"";}
2009-11-06 12:58:10
User: MoHaG
Functions: perl
Tags: Date manipulation Linux perl solaris unix date function time zsh convert
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Easily decode unix-time (funtion)

A shell function using perl to easily convert Unix-time to text.

Put in in your ~/.bashrc or equivalent.

Tested on Linux / Solaris Bourne, bash and zsh. using perl 5.6 and higher.

(Does not require GNU date like some other commands)

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watch -t -n1 "date +%T|figlet"
2009-06-21 01:02:37
User: dennisw
Functions: watch
Tags: Linux terminal unix shell date time figlet watch
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Display a cool clock on your terminal

This command displays a clock on your terminal which updates the time every second. Press Ctrl-C to exit.

A couple of variants:

A little bit bigger text:

watch -t -n1 "date +%T|figlet -f big"

You can try other figlet fonts, too.

Big sideways characters:

watch -n 1 -t '/usr/games/banner -w 30 $(date +%M:%S)'

This requires a particular version of banner and a 40-line terminal or you can adjust the width ("30" here).

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ntpdate pool.ntp.org && hwclock --systohc && hwclock --adjust
2009-06-04 13:35:14
User: Weboide
Functions: hwclock
Tags: time sync ntp clock
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Synchronize both your system clock and hardware clock and calculate/adjust time drift

Do not run this command if you already have ntpd running!

This needs to run as root, for example with sudo:

sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org && sudo hwclock --systohc && sudo hwclock --adjust

This command will fetch accurate time from NTP servers and synchronize your system clock, then it will use the system clock to synchronize your hardware clock, and will calculate the time drift.

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
2009-04-20 02:08:23
User: hank
Functions: sudo
Tags: Ubuntu time
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Set Time Zone in Ubuntu

Reconfigures time zone in Ubuntu, which I cannot figure out how to do through the GUI. Worked like a charm to set my time zone to CEST from EDT.

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