Re: sparc 20 workstation time

From: Ian Wilson (scobloke2_at_infotop.co.uk)
Date: 06/12/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:39:22 +0000 (UTC)

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cljlk wrote:
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> "S. Anthony Sequeira" <tony@sequeira.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2004.06.12.18.44.16.125227@sequeira.com...
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>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:20:00 -0400, cljlk penned:
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>>> I did try the date xxxxxxxxxxx but the year is still at 1970.
>>> Please shed a light. If I could not solve the problem, I have to
>>> trash the Sparc20 which I don't want to.
>>
>> What *exactly* did you try. Tell us and give us the output too.
>
> I did exactely what manual page as below date 10080045 sets the date
> to Oct 8, 12:45 a.m.

So if you start with the date as 1st Jan 1970, this command sets the
date to 8th October 1970. If you want to reset the year from 1970 to
2004 you need to use the other information in the man page.