DATE(1) DATE(1)
NAME
date - print or set the date
SYNOPSIS
date [ yymmddhhmm [ . ss ] ]
DESCRIPTION
If no argument is given, the current date and time are
printed. If an argument is given and the user is the
super-user, the current date is set. yy is the last two
digits of the year; the first mm is the month number; dd is
the day number in the month; hh is the hour number (24 hour
system); the second mm is the minute number; .ss is optional
and is the seconds. The year, month and day may be omitted,
the current values being the defaults. The system operates
in GMT. Date takes care of the conversion to and from local
standard and daylight time. The options are
-u Set or report GMT rather than local time.
-n Set or report the date as the number of seconds since
the epoch.
EXAMPLES
date 10080045
Set the date to Oct 8, 12:45 AM, local time.
FILES
to record time-setting
SEE ALSO
utmp(5)
DIAGNOSTICS
`No permission' if a non-super user tries to change the
date; `bad conversion' if the date is invalid.