Time
Purpose:
Displays and sets
the
time.
Syntax:
time
[bours:minutes I
Comments:
Time
is
entered
in a 24-hour clock format. If you just type
the
time
command by itself,
the
following message is dispJayed:
Current
time
is
hh:mm:ss.cc
Enter
new
time:
If
you
don't
want
to
change
the
time shown, you simply press
the
RETURN
key. And
if
you
want
to
change
the
time after you have
started MS·DOS (for example,
to
8:20 a.m.), type
the
time
com-
mand followed by 8:20 in response
to
the
MS·DOS prompt. Note
that letters are not allowed; instead, you must type
the
time using
numbers only. The allowed options are:
bours =
0-24
minutes =
0-59
Separate
the
hour and minute entries by a colon. You
do
not
have
to
type
the
ss (seconds)
or
cc (hundredths
of
a second).
Example:
If
you
do
not
type a valid time,
MS·
DOS displays
the
following mes-
sage and
then
waits for you
to
type a valid time:
Invalid
time
Enter
new
time:
As
with
the
date
command, you can change
the
time
command
format by changing
the
country
command
in
the
config.sys file.
See Appendix
B,
"How
to
Configure Your System," for
more
information.
MS-DOS Commands
91
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Time
Setting a new time
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