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| author | Philip Paeps <philip@FreeBSD.org> | 2022-08-16 07:24:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Philip Paeps <philip@FreeBSD.org> | 2022-08-16 07:24:21 +0000 |
| commit | 9b5369d383baf54651be0922591eeb6263ce029d (patch) | |
| tree | b1cd2f21627ee78ae3e40234e7530e3a65b8c212 /date.1.txt | |
| parent | 157c2da9c527cd9ebae03b07bdae90e474d5a403 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/date.1.txt b/date.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2910aaac370c --- /dev/null +++ b/date.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +NAME + + date - show and set date and time + +SYNOPSIS + date [ -u ] [ -c ] [ -n ] [ -d dsttype ] [ -t minutes-west ] + [ -a [+|-]sss.fff ] [ +format ] [ [yyyy]mmddhhmm[yy][.ss] ] + +DESCRIPTION + Date without arguments writes the date and time to the + standard output in the form + Wed Mar 8 14:54:40 EST 1989 + with EST replaced by the local time zone's abbreviation (or + by the abbreviation for the time zone specified in the TZ + environment variable if set). The exact output format + depends on the locale. + + If a command-line argument starts with a plus sign (`+'), + the rest of the argument is used as a format that controls + what appears in the output. In the format, when a percent + sign (`%') appears, it and the character after it are not + output, but rather identify part of the date or time to be + output in a particular way (or identify a special character + to output): + + Sample output Explanation + %a Wed Abbreviated weekday name* + %A Wednesday Full weekday name* + %b Mar Abbreviated month name* + %B March Full month name* + %c Wed Mar 08 14:54:40 1989 Date and time* + %C 19 Century + %d 08 Day of month (always two digits) + %D 03/08/89 Month/day/year (eight characters) + %e 8 Day of month (leading zero blanked) + %h Mar Abbreviated month name* + %H 14 24-hour-clock hour (two digits) + %I 02 12-hour-clock hour (two digits) + %j 067 Julian day number (three digits) + %k 2 12-hour-clock hour (leading zero blanked) + %l 14 24-hour-clock hour (leading zero blanked) + %m 03 Month number (two digits) + %M 54 Minute (two digits) + %n \n newline character + %p PM AM/PM designation + %r 02:54:40 PM Hour:minute:second AM/PM designation + %R 14:54 Hour:minute + %S 40 Second (two digits) + %t \t tab character + %T 14:54:40 Hour:minute:second + %U 10 Sunday-based week number (two digits) + %w 3 Day number (one digit, Sunday is 0) + %W 10 Monday-based week number (two digits) + %x 03/08/89 Date* + %X 14:54:40 Time* + %y 89 Last two digits of year + %Y 1989 Year in full + %Z EST Time zone abbreviation + %+ Wed Mar 8 14:54:40 EST 1989 Default output format* + * The exact output depends on the locale. + + If a character other than one of those shown above appears + after a percent sign in the format, that following character + is output. All other characters in the format are copied + unchanged to the output; a newline character is always added + at the end of the output. + In Sunday-based week numbering, the first Sunday of the year + begins week 1; days preceding it are part of ``week 0.'' In + Monday-based week numbering, the first Monday of the year + begins week 1. + + To set the date, use a command line argument with one of the + following forms: + 1454 24-hour-clock hours (first two digits) and minutes + 081454 Month day (first two digits), hours, and minutes + 03081454 Month (two digits, January is 01), month day, hours, minutes + 8903081454 Year, month, month day, hours, minutes + 0308145489 Month, month day, hours, minutes, year + (on System V-compatible systems) + 030814541989 Month, month day, hours, minutes, four-digit year + 198903081454 Four-digit year, month, month day, hours, minutes + If the century, year, month, or month day is not given, the + current value is used. Any of the above forms may be + followed by a period and two digits that give the seconds + part of the new time; if no seconds are given, zero is + assumed. + + These options are available: + + -u or -c + Use UTC when setting and showing the date and time. + + -n Do not notify other networked systems of the time + change. + + -d dsttype + Set the kernel-stored Daylight Saving Time type to the + given value. (The kernel-stored DST type is used + mostly by ``old'' binaries.) + + -t minutes-west + Set the kernel-stored ``minutes west of UTC'' value to + the one given on the command line. (The kernel-stored + DST type is used mostly by ``old'' binaries.) + + -a adjustment + Change the time forward (or backward) by the number of + seconds (and fractions thereof) specified in the + adjustment argument. Either the seconds part or the + fractions part of the argument (but not both) may be + omitted. On BSD-based systems, the adjustment is made + by changing the rate at which time advances; on System- + V-based systems, the adjustment is made by changing the + time. + +FILES + /usr/lib/locale/L/LC_TIME description of time + locale L + /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo time zone information + directory + /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo/localtime local time zone file + /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo/posixrules used with POSIX-style + TZ's + /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo/GMT for UTC leap seconds + + If /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo/GMT is absent, UTC leap seconds + are loaded from /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo/posixrules. |
