Sometimes we need to change the time on the computer, for whatever reason it is, the command is pretty straightforward:
timedatectl set-time "year-month-day hours:minutes:seconds"
The command above has to be executed as root and with quotes, the parameters are self-explanatory.
Also, there is no need to install or change anything. The command seems to be universal to most Linux versions.
You can also omit some parameters, like:
timedatectl set-time "year-month-day hours:minutes"
Or even:
timedatectl set-time "year-month-day"
An example of the command usage, setting the date to the time this post was written:
timedatectl set-time "2019-12-11 18:27:45"