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NAME

       datefudge - pretend the system time is different

SYNOPSIS

       datefudge at_date program [arguments ...]

DESCRIPTION

       datefudge  is  a  small  utility  that pretends that the system time is
       different by pre-loading a small library which  modifies  the  time(2),
       gettimeofday(2) and clock_gettime(2)  system calls.

OPTIONS

       --help print short usage information and exit.

       --version
              print version information and exit.

EXAMPLE

       $ datefudge "2007-04-01 10:23" date -R
       Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:23:00 +0200

AUTHOR

       Written  by  Matthias  Urlichs  <smurf@noris.de>.  Modified  by  Robert
       Luberda <robert@debian.org>.

BUGS

       There is no attempt to make this change undetectable  by  the  program.
       In particular, file modification times are not modified.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2003 by Matthias Urlichs.

       There  is  NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
       PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  You may redistribute copies of datefudge under the
       terms of the GNU General Public License.
       For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

SEE ALSO

       ld.so(1), time(2), gettimeofday(2), clock_gettime(2)