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Created September 11, 2019 05:55
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Set the system date using nothing but cURL (works even with broken clock, or boards without battery-powered RTC)
sudo date +"%d%m%Y%H%M%S" -s "$(curl -v --insecure --silent https://google.com/ 2>&1 | grep -i -E -w '^< date\:' | sed -e 's/< date: //gI')"
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