TIME
TIME
[time]
Chapter 6 / Command Reference
Internal
r
!
r--'
I
Displays or
sets
the
time.
You
can
change the time from
the
key-
board or from a
batch
file. (Normally, MS-DOS displays a
time
prompt each
time
you
start
up your system.
It
does not, however,
if
you use
an
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Therefore, you may want to
include a TIME command
in
that
file.)
Parameters
r:
time specifies-the
time
to
set
in
the
hh:mm:ss.cc format.
hh
= 0-23 (hours)
r
I I
r
I .
I '
~
I
r-'
I
J
r--'
!
r
I
,
mm
= 0-59 (minutes)
ss = 0-59 (seconds)
cc
= 0-99 (hundredths of a second)
If
you include only
part
of
the
information (such as the hours)
and press
I
ENTER
I,
the
fields
that
follow
default to zero.
If
you
omit
the
entire
time
parameter, TIME displays
the
cur-
rent
time
and
prompts you to enter
the
new time.
Enter
it
in
the
24-hour format, or press
I
ENTER
I
if
you
do
not want to change
the
time displayed.
Notes
and
Suggestions
•
You
can
omit any
part
of the time parameter. However,
if
you
include a
part
of
the
time
parameter,
you
must
include all pre-
vious parts. For example,
if
you include the seconds (ss),
you
must
also include hours
and
minutes.
• When you change
the
time
known to
the
system,
you
also
change
the
time
in
any
application program you use. This can
be very handy.
Suppose you have a program
that
keeps
track
of customer
calls according to
the
date
and
time
received. For some rea-
son, you get behind
and
can
not enter the information
at
the
correct time. Simply enter
it
later, after
turning
back
the
clock to
the
necessary time.
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