[lug] Why can't I set my date

[Michael Hirsch]

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Stephen Queen <svqueen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try
> sudo date -s '+next month'

Thanks for the suggestion, but:

[606] ~>sudo date -s '+next month'
[sudo] password for mhirsch:
Sun Jun 14 13:19:35 MDT 2015
[607] ~>date
Thu May 14 13:19:36 MDT 2015
[608] ~>

--Michael

> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm testing some calendar sensitive stuff, so I'm trying set my Ubuntu
>> desktop to be in the future.  Though I've set my clock hundreds of
>> times in the past, it isn't working any more.
>>
>> I've tried the commandline:
>> sudo date -s  "01 Sep 2015 12:53:00"
>> sudo date -s 'next month'
>> and a few dozen variations on this.  Date prints out the date I
>> requestion, but the clock is actually unchanged:
>>
>> 595] $>sudo date -s 'next month'
>> Sun Jun 14 12:58:35 MDT 2015
>> [596] $>date
>> Thu May 14 12:58:38 MDT 2015
>> [597] $>
>>
>> I've also tried to use systemsettings (the KDE admin GUI) and it
>> behaves similarly.  I set the date and press "Apply".  The gui seems
>> to have a different date, but it refreshes in a few seconds with my
>> original date and time.
>>
>> WTF?  This used to be easy.
>>
>> Oh, I was running ntpd but I turned it off.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Cluelessly yours,
>>
>> Michael
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