Set system date in terminal or script

I would like to be able to set my system time from the Terminal application to a particular time & date combination.

Is there a script that I can run to do this?.

I know about the date command but I dont seem to be able to use the right format to get it to work.
I can use date '+%D' and it gives me system date but I want to set it using a script or from in the terminal.

Please can somebody post an example or tell me where/how/what to do this.



Thanks
Jonathan

 

http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html tells you how to do this; note that you need to be root to set the system time.

 

Thanks.
That looks right. I have not been using that format.


Works like a dream.

The AAO screen goes black (but not every time) while the system clock is set then it is OK. Time is reset.
Now I need to make some scripts.

Thank you very very much.