date command help


       date - print or set the system date and time

SYNOPSIS

       date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
       date [OPTION] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]

DESCRIPTION

       Display  the  current time in the given FORMAT, or set the
       system date.
 
       -d, --date=STRING
              display time described by STRING, not `now'
 
       -f, --file=DATEFILE
              like --date once for each line of DATEFILE
 
              -I, --iso-8601[=TIMESPEC] output an  ISO-8601  com�
              pliant date/time string.
 
              TIMESPEC=`date'   (or   missing)   for  date  only,
              `hours', `minutes', or `seconds' for date and  time
              to the indicated precision.
 
       -r, --reference=FILE
              display the last modification time of FILE
 
       -R, --rfc-822
              output RFC-822 compliant date string
 
       -s, --set=STRING
              set time described by STRING
 
       -u, --utc, --universal
              print or set Coordinated Universal Time
 
       --help display this help and exit
 
       --version
              output version information and exit
 
       FORMAT controls the output.  The only valid option for the
       second form specifies Coordinated Universal Time.   Inter�
       preted sequences are:
 
       %%     a literal %
 
       %a     locale's abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat)
 
       %A     locale's  full  weekday name, variable length (Sun�
              day..Saturday)
 
       %b     locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)
              uary..December)
 
       %c     locale's  date  and  time  (Sat Nov 04 12:02:33 EST
              1989)
 
       %d     day of month (01..31)
 
       %D     date (mm/dd/yy)
 
       %e     day of month, blank padded ( 1..31)
 
       %h     same as %b
 
       %H     hour (00..23)
 
       %I     hour (01..12)
 
       %j     day of year (001..366)
 
       %k     hour ( 0..23)
 
       %l     hour ( 1..12)
 
       %m     month (01..12)
 
       %M     minute (00..59)
 
       %n     a newline
 
       %p     locale's AM or PM
 
       %r     time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss [AP]M)
 
       %s     seconds since 00:00:00, Jan 1, 1970 (a  GNU  exten�
              sion)
 
       %S     second (00..60)
 
       %t     a horizontal tab
 
       %T     time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)
 
       %U     week  number  of  year  with Sunday as first day of
              week (00..53)
 
       %V     week number of year with Monday  as  first  day  of
              week (01..52)
 
       %w     day of week (0..6);  0 represents Sunday
 
       %W     week  number  of  year  with Monday as first day of
              week (00..53)
 
       %X     locale's time representation (%H:%M:%S)
 
       %y     last two digits of year (00..99)
 
       %Y     year (1970...)
 
       %z     RFC-822 style numeric timezone (-0500) (a  nonstan�
              dard extension)
 
       %Z     time  zone  (e.g., EDT), or nothing if no time zone
              is determinable
 
       By default, date pads numeric  fields  with  zeroes.   GNU
       date  recognizes the following modifiers between `%' and a
       numeric directive.
 
              `-' (hyphen) do not pad the field `_'  (underscore)
              pad the field with spaces

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright � 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying condi�
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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