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Sets the date in a VirtualBox VM given a time offset in seconds.
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vm-settime.sh
#!/bin/bash
#thanks to https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-set-the-bios-date-in-virtualbox/
if [[ -z ${1} || -z ${2} ]]
then
echo ${0} " Usage:"
echo " ${0} <vm-name> <time-offset>"
echo " Example: ${0} projectVM -36000000"
exit
fi
VBoxManage setextradata "${1}" "VBoxInternal/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/GetHostTimeDisabled" 1
VBoxManage modifyvm "${1}" --biossystemtimeoffset "${2}"
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