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date --rfc-3339=date | date --rfc-3339=date | ||
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| + | date --rfc-3339=seconds | ||
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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] | ||
* [[NTP]] | * [[NTP]] | ||
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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"
