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# SetDate

Set system date

## Declaration

Source position: dosh.inc line 92

`procedure SetDate(`
`year: Word;`
`month: Word;`
`day: Word`
`);`

## Description

SetDate sets the system's internal date. Year is a number between 1980 and 2099.

Remark: | On a Unix machine, there must be root privileges, otherwise this routine will do nothing. On other Unix systems, this call currently does nothing.

## Errors

None.

## See also

GetDate |  | Get the current date
SetTime |  | Set system time

Documentation generated on: May 14 2021