Setting date and time – Visara Master Console Center Administration Guide User Manual
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Setting Date and Time
Occasionally, it may be necessary to reset the MCC system date and/or time.
Unix handles both daylight savings time and leap years by automatically
changing the time or date, so normally no manual time adjustments are
required.
Note: Changing the year requires additional steps. If the year needs to
be changed, consult the Unix man pages on the date command.
To change the date or time:
1.
Enter single user mode by shutting down the system and, at the “>>>”
prompt, entering “boot -s”.
2.
On the MCC system console, log in with user id “root”.
3.
Enter the date command:
date mmddhhnn
where mm=month, dd=day, hh=hour, and nn=minutes
4.
When the prompt returns, verify the date/time is correct by repeating the
date command with no values after it:
date
5.
Logout by typing
exit.