IBM Year 2000

Manually Resetting the Date in DOS
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On or after January 1, 2000, follow these simple steps to manually reset the date in DOS:
  1. Boot to the DOS operating system
  2. At the prompt C:\> type DATE [month]-[day]-2000 and press “ENTER”
    EXAMPLE: C:\. DATE 1-1-2000
    This will synchronise all the timers in the server.

This procedure must be done ON or AFTER January 1, 2000 and needs to be performed only once.