1. date
[說明]
查看或設定時間。
[範例]
查看時間
cy@cyvm:~$ date 公曆 20十七年 一月 卅日 週一 十六時47分廿四秒
查看時間,顯示成英文格式
cy@cyvm:~$ LANG=en_US ; date Mon Jan 30 16:53:18 CST 2017 cy@cyvm:~$ LANG=en ; date Mon Jan 30 16:53:31 CST 2017
查看時間,格式化顯示時間
cy@cyvm:~$ date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" 2017-01-30 17:05:53 cy@cyvm:~$ date +"%s" 1485767170
- 一般常用年月日時分秒組合數字格式
%F full date; same as %Y-%m-%d %T time; same as %H:%M:%S %Y year %m month (01..12) %d day of month (e.g., 01) %H hour (00..23) %M minute (00..59) %S second (00..60) %N nanoseconds (000000000..999999999) 
 - 月份文字
%B locale's full month name (e.g., January) %b locale's abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan) %h same as %b 
 - 星期文字
%A locale's full weekday name (e.g., Sunday) %a locale's abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun) 
 - 時區
%z +hhmm numeric time zone (e.g., -0400) %:z +hh:mm numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00) %::z +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00:00) %:::z numeric time zone with : to necessary precision (e.g., -04, +05:30) %Z alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT) 
 - UNIX Timestamp (Epoch time)
%s seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC 
 - 年或週的週期日數
%j day of year (001..366) %u day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday 
 - 週數
%U week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (00..53) %W week number of year, with Monday as first day of week (00..53) 
 - ISO week number
%G year of ISO week number (see %V); normally useful only with %V %g last two digits of year of ISO week number (see %G) %V ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (01..53) 
 - 世紀
%C century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 20) %y last two digits of year (00..99) 
 - 12小時制
%I hour (01..12) %p locale's equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known %P like %p, but lower case 
 - 地區限定格式
%c locale's date and time (e.g., Thu Mar 3 23:05:25 2005) %x locale's date representation (e.g., 12/31/99) %X locale's time representation (e.g., 23:13:48) %r locale's 12-hour clock time (e.g., 11:11:04 PM) 
 - 特殊文字
%% a literal % %n a newline %t a tab 
 - 不常用或有其他替代方案的格式
%D date; same as %m/%d/%y %R 24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M %e day of month, space padded; same as %_d %k hour, space padded ( 0..23); same as %_H %l hour, space padded ( 1..12); same as %_I %w day of week (0..6); 0 is Sunday 
 
設定時間
*注意!操作此需要 root 權限。
cy@cyvm:~$ sudo date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" -s "2016-10-05 12:24:36" 2016-10-05 12:24:36
2. ntpdate
[說明]
經由 NTP (Network Time Protocol,RFC 1305),設定系統時間。
[範例]
設定時間
*注意!操作此需要 root 權限。
cy@cyvm:~$ sudo ntpdate -s time.stdtime.gov.tw
3. hwclock
[說明]
在 Linux 下操作時間,一般都只是寫入作業系統,若要同步寫入硬體(RTC, real-time clock),需要使用此指令。
[範例]
查看時間
cy@cyvm:~$ sudo hwclock -r Mon Jan 30 05:35:39 2017 .262043 seconds
設定時間
cy@cyvm:~$ sudo hwclock -w