Name
Date and Time
Synopsis
- Change the date/time?
System Preferences→Date & Time→Date & Time
- Specify how the date and time will appear in the menu bar?
System Preferences→Date & Time→Clock
- Specify the date and time settings for another country while I’m traveling?
System Preferences→International→Formats→select a country from the Region pull-down menu
- Have my computer speak the time out for me?
System Preferences→Date & Time→Clock→select the checkbox next to “Announce the time”→select an increment from the pop-up menu (choices are “On the hour,” “On the half hour,” and “On the quarter hour”)
- Use a network time server to set my clock’s time?
System Preferences→Date & Time→Date & Time→select the checkbox next to “Set Date & Time automatically”→select an NTP Server in the scroll list
Tip
You must be connected to the Internet to use a network time server. One helpful hint is to first use the network time server to set an accurate time for your system, then uncheck the “Set Date & Time automatically” box.
- Set my time zone?
System Preferences→Date & Time→Time Zone
- Display the current date and time from the command line?
Use the
date
command:MacChuck:~ chuck$
date
Thu Dec 25 12:34:56 PST 2003- Display the time in military time?
System Preferences→Date & Time→Clock→select the checkbox next to “Use a 24-hour clock”
- Display the calendar for a specific month and year from the command line?
Use the
cal
command, followed by the number of the month and the year:MacChuck:~ chuck$
cal 10 1965
October 1965 S M Tu W Th ...
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