Set date/time using ADB shell

Question

I´m trying to set the date/time using the ADB shell but the shell only returns the current time.

I´ve tried:

adb shell date -s YYYYMMDD.HHmmss
         


        

Answer 1

You have to put date value if you want to change it. "-s" changes SET format. Default SET format is "MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]".

I successfully tested the following commands:

adb root
adb shell "date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`"