How to set the date and time in Linux

To view the current date and time, issue the date command:

Then view and set your time zone:

cd /usr/share/zoneinfo

I’m going to use the GMT time zone.

Copy the file with your timezone. (this could be ./Europe/London or whatever city you would like to use).

Change the date and time in Linux via BASH:

For this purpose we will use the following command format:

date 082314422014   ### August/23rd/14:44/2014 ## Date /month/ day/ hour/ minutes/ year