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Implementations

The command is also available in the Motorola VERSAdos,⁵ Intel iRMX 86,⁶ PC-MOS,⁷ SpartaDOS X,⁸ ReactOS,⁹ SymbOS, and DexOS operating systems as well as in the EFI shell.¹⁰ On MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later.¹¹

In Unix, the date command displays and sets both the time and date, in a similar manner.

Syntax

The syntax differs depending on the specific platform and implementation:

DOS

TIME [time]

OS/2 (CMD.EXE)

TIME [hh-mm-ss] [/N]

Note: /N means no prompt for TIME.

Windows (CMD.EXE)

TIME [/T | time]

When this command is called from the command line or a batch script, it will display the time and wait for the user to type a new time and press RETURN. Pressing RETURN without entering a new time will keep the current system time. The parameter '/T' will bypass asking the user to reset the time. The '/T' parameter is supported in Windows Vista and later and only if Command Extensions are enabled.¹²

4DOS, 4OS2 and 4NT

TIME [/T] [hh[:mm[:ss]]] [AM | PM] /T: (display only) hh: The hour (0–23). mm: The minute (0–59). ss: The second (0–59), set to 0 if omitted.

Examples

OS/2 (CMD.EXE)

• Display the current system time:

[C:\]TIME Current time is: 3:25 PM Enter the new time:

Windows (CMD.EXE)

• To set the computer clock to 3:42 P.M., either of the following commands can be used:

C:\>TIME 15:42 C:\>TIME 3:42P

4DOS, 4OS2 and 4NT

• Display the current system time:

C:\SYS\SHELL\4DOS>TIME /T 19:30:42

See also

• DATE (command)
• date (Unix)
• List of DOS commands
• Date and time notation

Further reading

• Wolverton, Van (1990). MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-1556152894.
• Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit (1993). OS/2 Inside & Out. Osborne McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0078818714.
• Frisch, Æleen (2001). Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0-596-00148-3.

External links

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Guide to Windows Commands

• time | Microsoft Docs

References

1. "RT-11 HELP FILE". paleoferrosaurus.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041552/http://paleoferrosaurus.com/beta/documents/rt11help.html ↩

2. "JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". www.jatomes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php ↩

3. Microsoft TechNet Time article https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491015.aspx ↩

4. MS-DOS and Windows command line time command https://www.computerhope.com/timehlp.htm ↩

5. M68000 Family VERSAdos System Facilities Reference Manual http://bitsavers.org/pdf/motorola/versados/M68KVSF_D7_VERSAdosSysFacilities_Oct85.pdf ↩

6. iRMX™86 INTRODUCTION AND OPERATOR'S REFERENCE MANUAL For Release 6 https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_inteliRMX1_19819263 ↩

7. PC-MOS User Guide https://github.com/roelandjansen/pcmos386v501/blob/master/DOCS/v4/PCMOSv4UserManual.pdf ↩

8. SpartaDOS X 4.48 User Guide http://sdx.atari8.info/sdx_files/4.48/SDX448_User_Guide.pdf ↩

9. "Reactos/Time.c at master · reactos/Reactos". GitHub. 19 February 2022. https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/base/shell/cmd/time.c ↩

10. "EFI Shells and Scripting". Intel. Retrieved 2013-09-25. http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/efi-shells-and-scripting/ ↩

11. Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7. 0-7356-1812-7 ↩

12. MS-DOS and Windows command line time command https://www.computerhope.com/timehlp.htm ↩