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DATE(1) | General Commands Manual | DATE(1) |
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date - date and timeSYNOPSIS¶
date [ option ] [ seconds ]DESCRIPTION¶
Print the date, in the format Tue Aug 16 17:03:52 CDT 1977 The options are- -u
- Report Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) rather than local time.
- -n
- Report the date as the number of seconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970.