root@marvin:~# info date
File: coreutils.info, Node: date invocation, Next: uname invocation, Up: System context
21.1 `date': Print or set system date and time
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Synopses:
date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
date [-u|--utc|--universal] [ MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] ]
Invoking `date' with no FORMAT argument is equivalent to invoking
`date '+%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y''.
If given an argument that starts with a `+', `date' prints the
current time and date (or the time and date specified by the `--date'
option, see below) in the format defined by that argument, which is the
same as in the `strftime' function. Except for directives, which start
with `%', characters in the format string are printed unchanged. The
directives are described below.
An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value
indicates failure.
* Menu:
* Time directives:: %[HIklMprsSTXzZ]
* Date directives:: %[aAbBcdDhjmUwWxyY]
* Literal directives:: %[%nt]
* Padding:: Pad with zeroes, spaces (%_), or nothing (%-).
* Setting the time:: Changing the system clock.
* Options for date:: Instead of the current time.
* Examples of date:: Examples.
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