---
name: "alarm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "toshutils"
version: "2.0.1+debian-24"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alarm"
---

# alarm(1)

set the alarm power time and or date of a Toshiba laptop

## NAME

alarm - set the alarm power time and or date of a Toshiba laptop

## SYNOPSIS

**alarm \[ -dlhv \]**

## DESCRIPTION

**alarm** allows you to set the alarm power on time and/or date of any Toshiba laptop or notebook that supports the alarm power on feature. Older models may only support an alarm power on time.

**alarm** allows fairly complex time specifications, extending the POSIX.2 standard.  It accepts times of the form  **HH:MM** to set the alarm at a specific time of day. (If that time is already past, the next day is assumed.) You may also specify **midnight,** **noon,** or **teatime** (4pm) and you can have a time-of-day suffixed with **AM** or **PM** for the morning or the evening. You can also say what day the alarm should be set, by giving a date in the form **month-name** **day** with an optional **year,** or giving a date of the form **MMDDYY** or **MM/DD/YY** or **DD.MM.YY.** The specification of a date *must* follow the specification of the time of day. You can also give times like **now** **+** *count* *time-units,* where the time-units can be **minutes,** **hours,** **days,** or **weeks** and you can tell **alarm** to set the alarm today by suffixing the time with **today** and to set the alarm tomorrow by suffixing the time with **tomorrow.**

For example, to set the alarm at 4pm three days from now, you would do **alarm 4pm + 3 days,** to set the alarm at 10:00am on July 31, you would do **alarm 10am Jul 31** and to set the alarm at 1am tomorrow, you would do **alarm 1am tomorrow.**

## OPTIONS

- **-d, --disable**

  Disable the alarm power on feature of the laptop.

- **-l, --localtime**

  Use if the hardware CMOS clock on the laptop is set to localtime rather than GMT/UTC.

- **-h**

  Print a short synopsis of the command line arguments.

- **-v, --version**

  Print the version number and then exit.

## BUGS

You cannot set the power on alarm date to everyday.

## AUTHOR

This program was written by Jonathan Buzzard (jonathan@buzzard.org.uk) and may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program.

## SEE ALSO

[**fan**(1)](/fan/1.md), [**svpw**(1)](/svpw/1.md), [**hotkey**(1x)](/hotkey/1x.md), [**tpasswd**(1)](/tpasswd/1.md), [**wmtuxtime**(1x)](/wmtuxtime/1x.md)