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date
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About date
Tells you the date and
time in Unix.
Syntax
date [-a] [-u] [-s
datestr]
| -a |
Slowly adjust the time by sss.fff seconds
(fff represents fractions of a second). This adjustment can be positive or negative. The system's clock will be sped up or slowed down until it has drifted by the number of seconds specified. Only the super-user may adjust the time. |
| -u |
Display (or set) the date in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-universal time), bypassing the normal
conversion to (or from) local time. |
| -s datestr |
Sets the time and date to the
value specfied in the datestr. The datestr may
contain the month names, timezones, 'am', 'pm', etc. See
examples for an example of how the date and time can be set. |
Examples
date - Would list the date and time of the
server. Below is an example of the output.
Thu Feb 8 16:47:32 MST 2001
date -s "11/20/2003 12:48:00" - Set
the date to the date and time shown.
date '+DATE: %m/%d/%y%nTIME:%H:%M:%S' - Would
list the time and date in the below format:
DATE: 02/08/01
TIME:16:44:55
Additional information
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additional information about the release date of Unix or a Unix
variant please see our main Unix page or our
history section.
Related commands
time |
