CentOS Set Time By Command Line

Use the commands below to set the date and time on CentOS.


Set date from the command line

date +%Y%m%d -s "20120418"

Set time from the command line

date +%T -s "11:14:00"

Let’s set the hardware clock to local time:
hwclock --set --date="2012-04-19 16:45:05" --localtime

http://www.garron.me/linux/set-time-date-timezone-ntp-linux-shell-gnome-command-line.html