Linux Standard Base Specification 1.1.0
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date

Name

date -- print or set the system date and time

Description

date is as specified in the SUS but with differences as listed below.

Differences

-d, --date=STRING

displays time described by STRING, not now.

-f, --file=DATAFILE

is like --date once for each line of DATEFILE.

-r, --reference=FILE

displays the last modification time of FILE.

-R, --rfc-822

outputs RFC2822-compliant date string.

-s, --set=STRING

sets time described by STRING.

--utc, --universal

is equivalent to the -u option as specified in the SUS.

--version

outputs version information and exits.

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