uu-date1
Print or set the system date and time
Usage
date [OPTION] ...
[+FORMAT] ...
date [OPTION] ...
[MMDDhhmm
[[CC]
YY]
[.ss]]
The following
optional
flags
may
follow
'%':
Examples:
Convert seconds
since
the
epoch
(1970-01-01
UTC)
to
a
date
date --date='@2147483647'
Show the
time
on
the
west
coast
of
the
US
(use
tzselect(1)
to
find
TZ)
Overview
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) 0.12.0