Difference between revisions of "Date"
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date --rfc-3339=date | date --rfc-3339=date | ||
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* set the date; in this example to april-20, 2009 | * set the date; in this example to april-20, 2009 | ||
Revision as of 08:07, 5 August 2014
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
- 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"
