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	The date coommand

To simply set the date to a specific time....


[root@rachel /]# date 123110501999
Fri Dec 31 10:50:00 PST 1999
[root@rachel /]# date
Fri Dec 31 10:50:26 PST 1999
[root@rachel /]# 


The number 123110501999 breaks down to 12month 31day 10hour 50minutes
and 1999year

If given an argument that does NOT  start with `+', date  sets  the  system
       clock  to the time and date specified by that argument.  The argument must
       consist entirely of digits, which have the following meaning:

       MM     month

       DD     day within month

       hh     hour

       mm     minute

       CC     first two digits of year (optional)

       YY     last two digits of year (optional)

       ss     second (optional)

       Only the superuser can set the system clock.