[SOLVED] Error in Changing Date

[Windhan]

Hi All,

Iam new to LINUX, i want to change the date in my server.

developer@server:~> date
Mon Apr  7 18:35:33 IST 2008
developer@server:~> date -s="4/8/2008 11:38:00"
date: invalid date `=4/8/2008 11:38:00'
developer@server:~>

Can some one clarify me how can i change the date in LINUX and why it is throwing error as Invalid Date?

[raghaven.kumar]

you can use the most simple format

'date MMddhhmmyy.ss'
M-month
d-date
h-hour
m-minute
y-year
s-seconds

eg. date 0408114808.22
for Apr,8,2008 11:48:22

[Windhan]

Okay thanks for the reply, i dont have permission to set the date.

developer@server:~> date -s '040812102008'
date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted
Thu Jan  8 00:00:00 IST 213756

Anyway thanks for your reply.