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What does date do?

print or set the system date and time.

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date examples, explained

$ date -u

  • dateprint or set the system date and time
  • -uuse UTC instead of local time

$ date -d "next friday"

  • dateprint or set the system date and time
  • -dprint the given date string instead of the current time
  • next fridayvalue for -d

date flags & options

-uuse UTC instead of local time
-dprint the given date string instead of the current time
-sset the system clock to the given time
-rshow the last-modified time of the given file
-Ioutput in ISO 8601 format
-Routput in RFC 5322 format (for email headers)

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