Set system time using Terminal

[jknights]

I would like to be able to set my system time from the Terminal application to a particular time & date combination.

 

Is there a script that I can run to do this?.

 

Please can somebody post and example or tell me where to do this.

 

I have tried to use Automator to do this but I keep getting an error.

 

Thanks

Jonathan

[lucaspeed]

What's wrong with "date"?

 

You can get the syntax using:

 

man date

[jknights]

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

 

I then need to be able to reset the system time back to Apple Eurozone time but I can do that manually I guess.

 

It's a shame the Automator function doesnt seem to be able to cope with this.

[jknights]

I dont seem to be able to set the date but that may be because I am not using the right format.

I can read the date using date '+%D'

 

I also read somewhere that it is not possible to set OSX system date. I sthis true ?

 

 

Please can somebody help me?

[aprodigy]

check 'man systemsetup' and it's options 'getdate' | 'setdate' or 'gettime' | 'settime'

 

you're welcome

[jknights]

Thanks very much for suggestions.

 

I have now managed to get it working using the date function.

I'll write a script so I can automate further.