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1 | .TH DATE 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME | |
| 3 | date \- print and set the date | |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .B date | |
| 6 | .RB "[ yymmddhhmm [ " . "ss ] ]" | |
| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 8 | If no argument is given, the current date and time are printed. | |
| 9 | If an argument is given, the current date is set. | |
| 10 | .I yy | |
| 11 | is the last two digits of the year; | |
| 12 | the first | |
| 13 | .I mm | |
| 14 | is the month number; | |
| 15 | .I dd | |
| 16 | is the day number in the month; | |
| 17 | .I hh | |
| 18 | is the hour number (24 hour system); | |
| 19 | the second | |
| 20 | .I mm | |
| 21 | is the minute number; | |
| 22 | .BI . ss | |
| 23 | is optional and is the seconds. | |
| 24 | For example: | |
| 25 | .IP | |
| 26 | date 10080045 | |
| 27 | .PP | |
| 28 | sets the date to Oct 8, 12:45 AM. | |
| 29 | The year, month and day may be omitted, the current | |
| 30 | values being the defaults. | |
| 31 | The system operates in GMT. | |
| 32 | .I Date | |
| 33 | takes care of the conversion to and from | |
| 34 | local standard and daylight time. | |
| 35 | .SH FILES | |
| 36 | /usr/adm/wtmp to record time-setting | |
| 37 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| 38 | utmp(5) | |
| 39 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS | |
| 40 | `No permission' if | |
| 41 | you aren't the super-user and you try to change the date; | |
| 42 | `bad conversion' if the date set is syntactically incorrect. |