Date And Time Configuration; Time And Date Properties - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 System Administration Manual

Chapter 28.

Date and Time Configuration

The Time and Date Properties Tool allows the user to change the system date and time, to configure
the time zone used by the system, and to setup the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon to
synchronize the system clock with a time server.
You must be running the X Window System and have root privileges to use the tool. There are three
ways to start the application:
• From the desktop, go to Applications (the main menu on the panel) => System Settings => Date
& Time
• From the desktop, right-click on the time in the toolbar and select Adjust Date and Time.
• Type the command system-config-date, system-config-time, or dateconfig at a shell
prompt (for example, in an XTerm or a GNOME terminal).

28.1. Time and Date Properties

Figure 28.1, "Time and Date
As shown in
configuring the system date and time.
Properties", the first tabbed window that appears is for
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