Cannot run adb shell "date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`"

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I have a warning when running React Native on an Android device:

Debugger and device times had drifted by more than 60s. Please correct this by running adb shell "date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`" on your debugger machine

But when I run the command as suggested above, I get and operation not permitted error:

date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted

I already tried with sudo, still got same result:

sudo adb shell "date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`"

I'm still finding solution for this. On mobile device it caused delay in navigation transition. — vun, Aug 17 '16 at 09:34
Im getting an error that says: date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted — Vandervidi, Aug 18 '16 at 12:39
This issue happened to me on an Android emulator, restarting it solves the problem for me. — tropicalfish, Dec 27 '16 at 08:26
This means that adb shell doesn't open a root shell on the phone (the error is sent by the phone) — Paul Stelian, Dec 29 '16 at 18:35
Possible duplicate of [Set date/time using ADB shell](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19496907/set-date-time-using-adb-shell) — iegik, Jun 26 '17 at 20:57

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 10 '22 at 17:12

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Inside the emulator goto Settings > Date & Time

Deselect Automatic timezone.
Adjust your timezone manually.
Deselect automatic date & time and set correct time

edited Jan 10 '22 at 17:12

answered Sep 03 '16 at 07:26

atinder

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tried it and refreshed app (2 X shift R) - still getting that warning :( – Shining Love Star Sep 16 '16 at 11:14
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Pay attention to the day of the month ;-) – Сергей Савельев Jun 14 '19 at 16:39
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I m not getting Date & Time in setting – Anuj Apr 01 '20 at 20:49

Andrii Chernenko · Answer 2 · 2017-06-20T10:44:49.860

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Deselecting automatic time and time zone did not work for me. Instead, I did adb shell su root date $(date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S).

Adding "su root" is the solution to the "Operation not permitted" error.

Note that this is not equivalent to executing adb shell first and then su root date $(date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S) (in this case $(date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S) returns the emulator time, which is not correct, so even though the command succeeds, it does not fix the problem).

edited Jun 20 '17 at 10:44

answered Jun 20 '17 at 09:58

Andrii Chernenko

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`adb shell "su 0 date \`date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S\`"` – iegik Jun 26 '17 at 20:52
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when I try this I get `/system/bin/sh: su: not found` – Marklar Nov 02 '17 at 02:40
omg this woked for me, all the other methods above didn't instead – Giacomo Cerquone Jul 28 '18 at 20:14
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`su: not found` happens when your Android device is not rooted - I think – Slick Slime May 04 '19 at 03:32
@Andrii Chernenko How to understand ***$(date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S) returns the emulator time*** in the right way? – John Oct 31 '22 at 12:27

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 26 '19 at 16:36

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If your phone can run adb as root you can use the following commands:

>>> adb root
restarting adbd as root

>>> adb shell "date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`"       
Mon Aug 26 21:04:24 +0430 201

answered Aug 26 '19 at 16:36

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 04 '18 at 10:02

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I had this problem in real android device, I had a time difference between the pc and the mobile higher than 60 second. I solve the issue just by putting them on same time

answered Oct 04 '18 at 10:02

Radhouane BENBRAHIM

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Definitely a good idea to sync the clocks of the Android device and your computer's OS. Thank you, @Radhouane! – tonkatata Jun 06 '19 at 18:40

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 29 '16 at 18:26

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I had this problem and solved it by enabling 'set time automatically' in windows 10 Time and Language settings. also I enabled automatic date & time in my android phone.

answered Dec 29 '16 at 18:26

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 26 '22 at 07:14

The shell command seems not to work anymore. My solution is just re-starting the emulator. After restart, The date-time will be synced again. I think that the problem is because the emulator is booted from a snapshot. This kind of boot doesn't cause the time calculation incorrect.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 30 '22 at 06:31

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I saw this problem last week, in my case i tried:

adb root
adb shell "date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`"

Then it's worked. Remember open the ADV first.

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 21 '23 at 05:52

After manually setting the emulator time correctly to match my MacBook's time, this issue however persists anytime, I leave the system inactive.

To deal with it, I simply restarted the emulator, but made sure the "Set time automatically" is toggled on. This would reset the time again to match correctly, without the need for a manual setting.

Cannot run adb shell "date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`"

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