tldr/pages/common/date.md

# date

> Set or display the system date.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/date>.

- Display the current date using the default locale's format:

`date +%c`

- Display the current date in UTC, using the ISO 8601 format:

`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z`

- Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch):

`date +%s`

- Convert a date specified as a Unix timestamp to the default format:

`date -d @{{1473305798}}`

- Convert a given date to the Unix timestamp format:

`date -d "{{2018-09-01 00:00}}" +%s --utc`

- Display the current date using the RFC-3339 format (`YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss TZ`):

`date --rfc-3339 s`

- Set the current date using the format `MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss` (`YYYY` and `.ss` are optional):

`date {{093023592021.59}}`

- Display the current ISO week number:

`date +%V`
New page for date (display only) Fix #15. Based on #32, thanks @shrayas. 2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00			`# date`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Set or display the system date.`
coreutils*: use short more info links (#5658) 2021-04-01 16:54:26 +01:00			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/date>.`
New page for date (display only) Fix #15. Based on #32, thanks @shrayas. 2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00
date.md: another attempt at clarifying the descriptions 2016-10-06 12:05:12 +01:00			`- Display the current date using the default locale's format:`
New page for date (display only) Fix #15. Based on #32, thanks @shrayas. 2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00
date: add week number example and other tweaks (#9136) 2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00			`date +%c`
New page for date (display only) Fix #15. Based on #32, thanks @shrayas. 2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00
date: add week number example and other tweaks (#9136) 2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00			`- Display the current date in UTC, using the ISO 8601 format:`
New page for date (display only) Fix #15. Based on #32, thanks @shrayas. 2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00
date: fix typo in -u example (#9341) 2022-10-26 03:36:33 +01:00			`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z`
Add unix epoch commands These differ between Linux and OS X so the pages needed to be split. 2016-09-08 04:46:34 +01:00
date.md: another attempt at clarifying the descriptions 2016-10-06 12:05:12 +01:00			`- Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch):`
Add unix epoch commands These differ between Linux and OS X so the pages needed to be split. 2016-09-08 04:46:34 +01:00
			`date +%s`

date: add week number example and other tweaks (#9136) 2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00			`- Convert a date specified as a Unix timestamp to the default format:`
Add unix epoch commands These differ between Linux and OS X so the pages needed to be split. 2016-09-08 04:46:34 +01:00
date: add week number example and other tweaks (#9136) 2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00			`date -d @{{1473305798}}`
date: convert specific date to timestamp (#2697) 2019-01-11 10:12:29 +00:00
date: add week number example and other tweaks (#9136) 2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00			`- Convert a given date to the Unix timestamp format:`
date: convert specific date to timestamp (#2697) 2019-01-11 10:12:29 +00:00
			`date -d "{{2018-09-01 00:00}}" +%s --utc`
Add date RFC 3339 (#3902) 2020-03-28 01:47:55 +00:00
			- Display the current date using the RFC-3339 format (`YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss TZ`):

pages: use " " instead of "=" to separate the options from their arguments (#11952) pages: remove = from GNU-style long options 7z: readd needed = * 7za: add missing = * 7zr: fix argument and option separation * astyle: readd missing = * aws-ecr: readd missing = * az-devops: readd missing = * csslint: readd missing = * cs-fetch: readd missing = * bzgrep: readd missing = * chromium: readd missing = * docker-commit: remove unnecessary = * docker-system: remove unnecessary = * docker-ps: remove unnecessary = * dockerd: remove unnecessary = * 7za: readd missing = * 7zr: readd missing = * chromium.de: readd missing = * chromium.de: readd missing = * bundletool: remove additional space Co-authored-by: Nicolas Kosinski <nicokosi@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Nicolas Kosinski <nicokosi@users.noreply.github.com> 2024-04-18 19:38:25 +01:00			`date --rfc-3339 s`
date: add set date (#7019) 2021-11-26 21:15:53 +00:00
			- Set the current date using the format `MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss` (`YYYY` and `.ss` are optional):

			`date {{093023592021.59}}`
date: add week number example and other tweaks (#9136) 2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00
			`- Display the current ISO week number:`

			`date +%V`