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Print or set the system date and time

Synopsis

date [-d|--date] [-f|--file] [-I|--iso-8601] [--resolution] [-R|--rfc-email] [--rfc-3339] [--debug] [-r|--reference] [-s|--set] [-u|--universal] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [format]

Description

Print or set the system date and time

Options

-d,  --date <STRING>

display time described by STRING, not 'now'

-f,  --file <DATEFILE>

like --date; once for each line of DATEFILE

-I,  --iso-8601 [<FMT>]

output date/time in ISO 8601 format. FMT='date' for date only (the default), 'hours', 'minutes', 'seconds', or 'ns' for date and time to the indicated precision. Example: 2006-08-14T02:34:56-06:00

Possible values:

  • date
  • hours
  • minutes
  • seconds
  • ns
--resolution

output the available resolution of timestamps Example: 0.000000001

-R,  --rfc-email

output date and time in RFC 5322 format. Example: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:34:56 -0600

--rfc-3339 <FMT>

output date/time in RFC 3339 format. FMT='date', 'seconds', or 'ns' for date and time to the indicated precision. Example: 2006-08-14 02:34:56-06:00

Possible values:

  • date
  • seconds
  • ns
--debug

annotate the parsed date, and warn about questionable usage to stderr

-r,  --reference <FILE>

display the last modification time of FILE

-s,  --set <STRING>

set time described by STRING

-u,  --universal

print or set Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

-h,  --help

Print help

-V,  --version

Print version

[format]

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

Info

date (uutils coreutils) 0.7.0