Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:55:49 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Tyler Spivey <tyler@wapvi.bc.ca> Cc: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setting the system date Message-ID: <20000731005549.A13696@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10007302236010.31552-100000@viper.wapvi.bc.ca>; from "Tyler Spivey" on Sun Jul 30 22:36:09 GMT 2000 References: <20000731022515.33BCE1F17@static.unixfreak.org> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10007302236010.31552-100000@viper.wapvi.bc.ca>
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In the last episode (Jul 30), Tyler Spivey said: > i like linux date better hmm. Linux date manpage: date [OPTION] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] FreeBSD date manpage: date [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.ss]] Apart from putting the date parts in a different order (note that FreeBSD puts larger units to the left, while Linux sort of scatters them around), it's the same command. But you shouldn't ever have to use the date command if you're hooked up to the Internet. Just use ntpdate and synch to a time server. In your case, you can simply use your email server: "ntpdate wapvi.bc.ca". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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