change system time feature

initrd/bin/change-time

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#change time using hwclock and date -s
+
+clear
+
+echo -e -n "Please enter the date and time you wish to set\n"
+echo -e -n "You need to set the time according to the UTC/GMT timezone please check https://time.is/UTC\n"
+
+
+get_date () {
+    echo -e -n "enter the $1 please ($2-$3) (enter for $2)\n"
+    read -n $4 value
+    echo -e "\n"
+    #if enter
+    if [[ $value = "" ]]; then 
+        value=$2    
+    fi
+
+    #must be a $4 digits number between $2 and $3
+    while [[ ! $value =~ ^[0-9]{$4} ]] || [[ ${value#0} -lt $2 ]] || [[ ${value#0} -gt $3 ]]; 
+    do    
+        echo -e -n "wrong $1, you enter "$value" please enter it again, must be a $4 digits number between $2 and $3 (press enter for $2) \n"
+        read -n $4 value
+        echo -e "\n"
+        if [[ $value = "" ]]; then 
+            value=$2    
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+get_date "year" "2024" "2200" "4"
+year=$value
+get_date "month" "01" "12" "2"
+month=$value
+get_date "day" "01" "31" "2"
+day=$value
+get_date "hour" "00" "23" "2"
+hour=$value
+get_date "min" "00" "59" "2"
+min=$value
+get_date "sec" "00" "59" "2"
+sec=$value
+
+##getting the output of date -s 
+OUTPUT=$(date -s "$year-$month-$day $hour:$min:$sec" 2>&1)
+
+##if output is starting with the letter d which is the beginning of the error message then we do the script again 
+if [[ ${OUTPUT} == d* ]]; then
+    echo "The date is not correct, press any key to set it again"
+    echo -e "\n"
+    read -n 1 noting
+    clear
+    change-time
+else
+    hwclock -w
+    echo -e "the date has been sucessfully set to $year-$month-$day $hour:$min:$sec"
+    echo -e "\n"
+
+    echo -e "press any key to return to the menu"
+    echo -e "\n"
+    read -n 1 nothing
+fi

initrd/bin/gui-init

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ update_totp()
   If you have not just reflashed your BIOS, THIS COULD INDICATE TAMPERING!\n
   How would you like to proceed?" 0 80 4 \
         'g' ' Generate new HOTP/TOTP secret' \
+        'h' ' Change system time' \
         'i' ' Ignore error and continue to main menu' \
         'p' ' Reset the TPM' \
         'x' ' Exit to recovery shell' \
@@ -234,6 +235,9 @@ update_totp()
             generate_totp_hotp && update_totp && BG_COLOR_MAIN_MENU="normal" && reseal_tpm_disk_decryption_key
           fi
           ;;
+        h )
+          change-time
+          ;;
         i )
           skip_to_menu="true"
           return 1
@@ -430,6 +434,7 @@ show_options_menu()
     --menu "" 0 80 10 \
     'b' ' Boot Options -->' \
     't' ' TPM/TOTP/HOTP Options -->' \
+    'h' ' Change system time' \
     'u' ' Update checksums and sign all files in /boot' \
     'c' ' Change configuration settings -->' \
     'f' ' Flash/Update the BIOS -->' \
@@ -450,6 +455,9 @@ show_options_menu()
     t )
       show_tpm_totp_hotp_options_menu
       ;;
+    h )
+      change-time
+      ;;
     u )
       prompt_update_checksums
       ;;