.TH DATE 1.SH NAMEdate \- print the date.SH SYNOPSIS.B date[.B -u] [.B -n] [.I seconds].SH DESCRIPTIONPrints the date to standard output, in the format:.IP.EXWed Jan 12 11:54:06 GMT 2002.EE.PPThe options are.TP.B -uReport Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) rather than local time..TP.B -nReport the date as the number of seconds since theepoch, 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970..PPCurrent time is obtainedby reading.BR /dev/time .The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the contents of.BR /locale/timezone ..PPIf the optional argument.I secondsis present, it is used as the time to convert rather thanthe real time..SH FILES.TF "/locale/timezone ".TP.B /locale/timezoneCurrent time zone name and adjustments.TP.B /localeA directory containing time zone tables.TP.B /dev/timemicroseconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, 1 January 1970.SH SOURCE.B /appl/cmd/date.b.SH "SEE ALSO".IR time (1),.IR daytime (2),.IR cons (3)
.TH DATE 1
.SH NAME
date \- print the date
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B date
[
.B -u
] [
.B -n
] [
.I seconds
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Prints the date to standard output, in the format:
.IP
.EX
Wed Jan 12 11:54:06 GMT 2002
.EE
.PP
The options are
.TP
.B -u
Report Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) rather than local time.
.TP
.B -n
Report the date as the number of seconds since the
epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970.
.PP
Current time is obtained
by reading
.BR /dev/time .
The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the contents of
.BR /locale/timezone .
.PP
If the optional argument
.I seconds
is present, it is used as the time to convert rather than
the real time.
.SH FILES
.TF "/locale/timezone "
.TP
.B /locale/timezone
Current time zone name and adjustments
.TP
.B /locale
A directory containing time zone tables
.TP
.B /dev/time
microseconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, 1 January 1970
.SH SOURCE
.B /appl/cmd/date.b
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR time (1),
.IR daytime (2),
.IR cons (3)