hwclock

Used for reading or changing the hardware clock. Usually requires root.

• Display the current time as reported by the hardware clock:

hwclock

• Write the current software clock time to the hardware clock (sometimes used during system setup):

hwclock --systohc

• Write the current hardware clock time to the software clock:

hwclock --hctosys

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