Login to your system with root user or sudo privilege . 1. Type date to confirm the date #date or $sudo date Copy the output as shown in image 2. Then set the date as follows #date -s <your desired date and time> #date -s "Thu Jan 31 20:11:13 +0545 2019" or $sudo date -s "Thu Jan 31 20:11:13 +0545 2019"