setdate — Sets the date in the real time clock
setdate {day} {month} {year}
dayday of month to set
monthmonth to set
yearyear to set, two digit values will have 2000 added
This command allows the date to be set in the real time clock. The real time clock is typically battery backed and the settings are retained across reboots.
Example 9.9. Using the setdate command to set the real time clock
>setdate 1 2 3 setdate: assuming year value is offset from 2000 >date Sat Feb 01 17:59:52 2003 >reset selected all-wr for console write selected all-rd for console read DRAM: 128 Mb (134217728 bytes) BAST: PMU version 1.02, ID 00:01:3d:00:01:6a ABLE 2.20 Copyright 2001-2005,2006 Simtec Electronics hdb: ATAPI CDROM: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-7002B PIO mode 4 hdc: FUJITSU MHF2043AT: ATA PIO mode 4 hdc:Diagnosing disc drive: ok (hdc) 4GB (hdb) Drive Empty DM9000: dm0: r1, 00:01:3d:00:01:6a int phy, link ok, 100Mbit full duplex NE2000: ne0: ISA/Generic, 00:01:3d:00:01:6b ne0: PHY 0180:bb10, state 7869, LPA 45e1,0007 ne0: starting PHY reset (264) TMP101: not detected sys.autoshadow unset, automatically shadowing >date Sat Feb 01 18:00:04 2003 >setdate 10 3 2006 >date Fri Mar 10 18:00:33 2006 >