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  Fri Apr 17 13:21:55 EDT 2009
 
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* in a format sensible for sorting:
 
  date --rfc-3339=date
 
  date --rfc-3339=date
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  2014-08-05
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date --rfc-3339=seconds
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2014-08-05 10:06:54+02:00
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date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S
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* set the date; in this example to april-20, 2009
 
* set the date; in this example to april-20, 2009
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* [http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?date date's man page]
 
* [http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?date date's man page]
 
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[[Category:Command]]
 
[[Category:Command]]

Latest revision as of 17:31, 19 January 2016

date is a command to show or set the current system date and time.

Examples:

  • show the date
date
Fri Apr 17 13:21:55 EDT 2009
  • in a format sensible for sorting:
date --rfc-3339=date
2014-08-05
date --rfc-3339=seconds
2014-08-05 10:06:54+02:00
date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S
2016-01-19_18-30-26
  • set the date; in this example to april-20, 2009
sudo date -s 20090420
  • set the date and time
sudo date -s "2012-10-19 10:20:59"

See also