176 lines
4.9 KiB
Groff
176 lines
4.9 KiB
Groff
.TH DATE 1
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.SH NAME
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date \- show and set date and time
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.if n .nh
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.if n .na
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.B date
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[
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.B \-u
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] [
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.B \-c
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] [
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.B \-n
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] [
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.B \-d
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dsttype
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] [
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.B \-t
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minutes-west
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] [
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\fB\-a \fR[\fB+\fR|\fB-]\fIsss\fB.\fIfff\fR
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] [
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.BI + format
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] [
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\fR[\fIyyyy\fR]\fImmddhhmm\fR[\fIyy\fR][\fB.\fIss\fR]
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Date
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without arguments writes the date and time to the standard output in
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the form
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.ce 1
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Wed Mar 8 14:54:40 EST 1989
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.br
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with
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.B EST
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replaced by the local time zone's abbreviation
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(or by the abbreviation for the time zone specified in the
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.B TZ
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environment variable if set).
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The exact output format depends on the locale.
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.PP
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If a command-line argument starts with a plus sign
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.RB (` + '),
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the rest of the argument is used as a
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.I format
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that controls what appears in the output.
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In the format, when a percent sign
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.RB (` % ')
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appears,
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it and the character after it are not output,
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but rather identify part of the date or time
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to be output in a particular way
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(or identify a special character to output):
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.nf
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.sp
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.if t .in +.5i
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.if n .in +2
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.ta \w'%M\0\0'u +\w'Wed Mar 8 14:54:40 EST 1989\0\0'u
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Sample output Explanation
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%a Wed Abbreviated weekday name*
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%A Wednesday Full weekday name*
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%b Mar Abbreviated month name*
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%B March Full month name*
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%c Wed Mar 08 14:54:40 1989 Date and time*
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%C 19 Century
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%d 08 Day of month (always two digits)
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%D 03/08/89 Month/day/year (eight characters)
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%e 8 Day of month (leading zero blanked)
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%h Mar Abbreviated month name*
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%H 14 24-hour-clock hour (two digits)
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%I 02 12-hour-clock hour (two digits)
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%j 067 Julian day number (three digits)
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%k 2 12-hour-clock hour (leading zero blanked)
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%l 14 24-hour-clock hour (leading zero blanked)
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%m 03 Month number (two digits)
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%M 54 Minute (two digits)
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%n \\n newline character
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%p PM AM/PM designation
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%r 02:54:40 PM Hour:minute:second AM/PM designation
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%R 14:54 Hour:minute
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%S 40 Second (two digits)
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%t \\t tab character
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%T 14:54:40 Hour:minute:second
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%U 10 Sunday-based week number (two digits)
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%w 3 Day number (one digit, Sunday is 0)
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%W 10 Monday-based week number (two digits)
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%x 03/08/89 Date*
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%X 14:54:40 Time*
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%y 89 Last two digits of year
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%Y 1989 Year in full
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%Z EST Time zone abbreviation
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%+ Wed Mar 8 14:54:40 EST 1989 Default output format*
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.if t .in -.5i
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.if n .in -2
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* The exact output depends on the locale.
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.sp
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.fi
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If a character other than one of those shown above appears after
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a percent sign in the format,
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that following character is output.
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All other characters in the format are copied unchanged to the output;
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a newline character is always added at the end of the output.
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.PP
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In Sunday-based week numbering,
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the first Sunday of the year begins week 1;
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days preceding it are part of ``week 0.''
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In Monday-based week numbering,
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the first Monday of the year begins week 1.
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.PP
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To set the date, use a command line argument with one of the following forms:
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.nf
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.if t .in +.5i
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.if n .in +2
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.ta \w'198903081454\0'u
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1454 24-hour-clock hours (first two digits) and minutes
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081454 Month day (first two digits), hours, and minutes
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03081454 Month (two digits, January is 01), month day, hours, minutes
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8903081454 Year, month, month day, hours, minutes
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0308145489 Month, month day, hours, minutes, year
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(on System V-compatible systems)
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030814541989 Month, month day, hours, minutes, four-digit year
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198903081454 Four-digit year, month, month day, hours, minutes
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.if t .in -.5i
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.if n .in -2
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.fi
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If the century, year, month, or month day is not given,
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the current value is used.
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Any of the above forms may be followed by a period and two digits that give
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the seconds part of the new time; if no seconds are given, zero is assumed.
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.PP
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These options are available:
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.TP
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.BR \-u " or " \-c
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Use UTC when setting and showing the date and time.
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.TP
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.B \-n
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Do not notify other networked systems of the time change.
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.TP
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.BI "\-d " dsttype
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Set the kernel-stored Daylight Saving Time type to the given value.
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(The kernel-stored DST type is used mostly by ``old'' binaries.)
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.TP
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.BI "\-t " minutes-west
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Set the kernel-stored ``minutes west of UTC'' value to the one given on the
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command line.
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(The kernel-stored DST type is used mostly by ``old'' binaries.)
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.TP
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.BI "\-a " adjustment
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Change the time forward (or backward) by the number of seconds
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(and fractions thereof) specified in the
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.I adjustment\^
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argument.
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Either the seconds part or the fractions part of the argument (but not both)
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may be omitted.
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On BSD-based systems,
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the adjustment is made by changing the rate at which time advances;
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on System-V-based systems, the adjustment is made by changing the time.
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.SH FILES
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.ta \w'/usr/share/zoneinfo/posixrules\0\0'u
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/usr/lib/locale/\f2L\fP/LC_TIME description of time locale \f2L\fP
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.br
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/usr/share/zoneinfo time zone information directory
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.br
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/usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime local time zone file
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.br
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/usr/share/zoneinfo/posixrules used with POSIX-style TZ's
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.br
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/usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT for UTC leap seconds
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.sp
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If
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.B /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT
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is absent,
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UTC leap seconds are loaded from
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.BR /usr/share/zoneinfo/posixrules .
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.\" @(#)date.1 7.4
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