Thread: "date" reports correct time zone and time; UI reports a time several hours off
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Old 07-10-2013, 08:07 PM   #5
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Yeah, it gets tricky sometimes.

Cf. /usr/sbin/setdate && /usr/sbin/settz && /usr/sbin/updatetime

The K5 ;st shortcut calls setdate with the wanted time in the %s format. (use date -D "inputfmt" +outputfmt "time" to convert, or use the output of a full fledged date from a proper Linux system).
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