20.2. Changing the System Time
The system time can be brought forwards or sent backwards at any time using this Webmin module. Generally, this is quite safe—however, large changes may confuse some programs that do not expect to see the current time go backwards or jump forwards by a huge amount.
To change the system time, the steps to follow are:
1. | On the main page of the module, select a new Day, Month, Year, Hour, Minute, and Second in the System Time section. |
2. | Click the Apply button below the fields. The new date and time will be set, and the page will be redisplayed. |
It is also possible to force the system time to be set to the current hardware time, by clicking the Set system time to hardware time button. Either way, any change will immediately ...
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