First Chapter - About Time

  • About hwclock (Hardware clock/BIOS clock)

    • Write date to hwclock

      • hwclock -w = hwclock --systohc

    • Save hwclock to date

      • hwclock -s = hwclock --hctosys

    • Set hwclock

      • hwclock --set --date="8/11/2013 23:10:45"

    • Debug mode

      • hwclocl --debug

  • About date (Linux kernel clock)

    • Convert day to seconds

      • $(date -d "2015-05-01" +%s)

    • Format (year-month-day hour:minute)

      • $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")

    • Get UTC time

      • $(date -u)

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