SYNOPSIS

       settime [-f ref_file] [MMDDhhmm[YY]] file ...

DESCRIPTION

       The settime utility changes the access and modification times of files.
       Arguments that do not refer to existing files are ignored.  If none  of
       the arguments specify the time to set, the current time is used.

       If the -f option is not used and the first non-option argument consists
       of exactly eight or ten digits, the times of the files are set  to  the
       given time.

       The meaning of fields in time specifications is as follows:

              CC   The first two digits of the year.
              YY   The second two digits of the year.
              MM   The month of the year (01-12).
              DD   The day of the month (01-31).
              hh   The hour of the day (00-23).
              mm   The minute of the hour (00-59).
              SS   The second of the minute (00-61).

       Unless YY is present, the current year is used.

       With  the -f ref_file argument, the times of the files are set to those
       of ref_file.

SEE ALSO

       touch(1)



Heirloom Toolchest                  8/23/03                      SETTIME(1XNX)