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# date
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2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00
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> Set or display the system date.
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2021-04-01 16:54:26 +01:00
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/date>.
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2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00
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2016-10-06 12:05:12 +01:00
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- Display the current date using the default locale's format:
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2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00
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2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00
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`date +%c`
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2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00
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2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00
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- Display the current date in UTC, using the ISO 8601 format:
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2014-03-02 21:25:49 +00:00
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2022-10-26 03:36:33 +01:00
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`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z`
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2016-09-08 04:46:34 +01:00
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2016-10-06 12:05:12 +01:00
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- Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch):
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2016-09-08 04:46:34 +01:00
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`date +%s`
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2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00
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- Convert a date specified as a Unix timestamp to the default format:
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2016-09-08 04:46:34 +01:00
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2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00
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`date -d @{{1473305798}}`
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2019-01-11 10:12:29 +00:00
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2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00
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- Convert a given date to the Unix timestamp format:
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2019-01-11 10:12:29 +00:00
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`date -d "{{2018-09-01 00:00}}" +%s --utc`
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2020-03-28 01:47:55 +00:00
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- Display the current date using the RFC-3339 format (`YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss TZ`):
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`date --rfc-3339=s`
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2021-11-26 21:15:53 +00:00
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- Set the current date using the format `MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss` (`YYYY` and `.ss` are optional):
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`date {{093023592021.59}}`
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2022-10-23 17:19:15 +01:00
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- Display the current ISO week number:
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`date +%V`
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