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58 Chapter 5 Setting General System Preferences
Viewing or Changing the System Date
To view the current system date:
$ sudo systemsetup -getdate
or
$ serversetup -getDate
To set the current system date:
$ sudo systemsetup -setdate
mm:dd:yy
or
$ sudo serversetup -setDate
mm/dd/yy
Viewing or Changing the System Time
To view the current system time:
$ sudo systemsetup -gettime
or
$ serversetup -getTime
To change the current system time:
$ sudo systemsetup -settime
hh:mm:ss
or
$ sudo serversetup -setTime
hh:mm:ss
Viewing or Changing the System Time Zone
To view the current time zone:
$ sudo systemsetup -gettimezone
or
$ serversetup -getTimeZone
To view the available time zones:
$ sudo systemsetup -listtimezones
To change the system time zone:
$ sudo systemsetup -settimezone
timezone
or
$ sudo serversetup -setTimeZone
timezone
Viewing or Changing Network Time Server Usage
To see if a network time server is being used:
$ sudo systemsetup -getusingnetworktime