Setting Date and Time

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== Setting date from the command prompt ==
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== Setting the date/time using "date" ==
  
To change the date on your Freerunner you have to give the command
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To change the date on your Freerunner, issue one of the following commands:
  
 
  date -s ''MMDDhhmm''
 
  date -s ''MMDDhhmm''
 
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  date -s ''MMDDhhmmYYYY''
 
  date -s ''MMDDhhmmYYYY''
 
or
 
 
 
  date -s ''MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss''
 
  date -s ''MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss''
  
 
where ''MM'' is the month, 01-12; ''DD'' is the day, 01-31; ''hhmm'' is the time, 0000-2359; ''YYYY'' is the optional year, and ''.ss'' is the optional seconds.
 
where ''MM'' is the month, 01-12; ''DD'' is the day, 01-31; ''hhmm'' is the time, 0000-2359; ''YYYY'' is the optional year, and ''.ss'' is the optional seconds.
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== Setting the date/time automatically with NTP ==
  
 
If your Freerunner is connected to the internet, you can instead set the time automatically:
 
If your Freerunner is connected to the internet, you can instead set the time automatically:
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   ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org
 
   ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org
  
Finally, sync the hardware clock with the system time to make your change persist over reboots:
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== Syncing the hardware clock ==
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No matter which method you used above, sync the hardware clock with the system time to make your change persist over reboots:
  
 
  hwclock --systohc
 
  hwclock --systohc
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See also [[Timezone]] for changing the time zone.
 
See also [[Timezone]] for changing the time zone.
  
===Future Work===
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== Future Work ==
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Presumably it might also be possible to use gpspipe (or something else) to set the date once you have a gps fix?  In addition, the phone stack should set the date, time, and timezone once connected to a network.
 
Presumably it might also be possible to use gpspipe (or something else) to set the date once you have a gps fix?  In addition, the phone stack should set the date, time, and timezone once connected to a network.
  
 
[[Category:Documentation]]
 
[[Category:Documentation]]
 
[[Category:Guides]]
 
[[Category:Guides]]

Revision as of 04:27, 17 July 2008

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Setting the date/time using "date"

To change the date on your Freerunner, issue one of the following commands:

date -s MMDDhhmm
date -s MMDDhhmmYYYY
date -s MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss

where MM is the month, 01-12; DD is the day, 01-31; hhmm is the time, 0000-2359; YYYY is the optional year, and .ss is the optional seconds.

Setting the date/time automatically with NTP

If your Freerunner is connected to the internet, you can instead set the time automatically:

 opkg install ntpclient
 ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org

Syncing the hardware clock

No matter which method you used above, sync the hardware clock with the system time to make your change persist over reboots:

hwclock --systohc

See also Timezone for changing the time zone.

Future Work

Presumably it might also be possible to use gpspipe (or something else) to set the date once you have a gps fix? In addition, the phone stack should set the date, time, and timezone once connected to a network.

Personal tools

Setting the date/time using "date"

To change the date on your Freerunner, issue one of the following commands:

date -s MMDDhhmm
date -s MMDDhhmmYYYY
date -s MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss

where MM is the month, 01-12; DD is the day, 01-31; hhmm is the time, 0000-2359; YYYY is the optional year, and .ss is the optional seconds.

Setting the date/time automatically with NTP

If your Freerunner is connected to the internet, you can instead set the time automatically:

 opkg install ntpclient
 ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org

Syncing the hardware clock

No matter which method you used above, sync the hardware clock with the system time to make your change persist over reboots:

hwclock --systohc

See also Timezone for changing the time zone.

Future Work

Presumably it might also be possible to use gpspipe (or something else) to set the date once you have a gps fix? In addition, the phone stack should set the date, time, and timezone once connected to a network.