Embedded Linux Command Sheet
Table of Contents
Setting Date and Time1
Setting the date/time using "date"
date -s MMDDhhmm date -s MMDDhhmmYY date -s MMDDhhmmYY.ss
Setting your local timezone
# ls -l /etc/localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 10 23:05 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/PST8PDT # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime You may want to try this if the above returns something like "file exists". # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime
# opkg install tzdata # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime
Setting the date/time automatically with NTP
#+beignsrc sh opkg install ntpclient ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org ntpclient -s -h cn.pool.ntp.org ntpclient -s -h hk.pool.ntp.org #+endsrc
# opkg install ntpdate # /usr/bin/ntpdate -b -s -u pool.ntp.org
Syncing the hardware clock
hwclock --systohc