Set Time/Date/Timezone in Ubuntu Linux

Set date from the command line

date +%Y%m%d -s "20120418"

Set time from the command line

date +%T -s "11:14:00"

Set time and date from the command line

date -s "19 APR 2012 11:14:00"

Linux check date from command line

date

Will show you something like this:

Thu Apr 19 15:17:34 BOT 2012

Set hardware clock

hwclock --show

Will output something like this:

Thu 19 Apr 2012 03:23:05 PM BOT  -0.785086 seconds

Now check the system clock

date

Will output something like this:

Thu Apr 19 15:26:41 BOT 2012

Let's set the hardware clock to local time:

hwclock --set --date="2012-04-19 16:45:05" --localtime

If you want to set it to UTC time use:

hwclock --set --date="2011-04-19 20:45:05"  --utc

Reference: https://www.garron.me/en/linux/set-time-date-timezone-ntp-linux-shell-gnome-command-line.html