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Configure time and date

Configure time and date

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Configure time and date

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- [Instructor] Setting the date and time from the GUI is fairly easy. Go to Applications, System Tools, Settings, and click on Date & Time. This interface is pretty simple, but it allows you to change the date, time, and time zone as well as have them automatically updated. You can also choose a 12 or 24 hour clock. Our computers get their time information from various sources. Every computer has a realtime clock or RTC that keeps time when the computer is off. When the computer is turned on, the OS reads the realtime clock, and then keeps the time from that point on. If we setup network time protocol or NTP, our computer will contact a time server somewhere on the internet and adjust the time accordingly. This method is the most accurate but requires a network connection. To change the date and time settings from the command line, we'll want to open a terminal. So close Date & Time, and then go to Applications, Favorites, Terminal. I'm going to make my terminal full screen and bump…

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