DATE(1)
NAME
date − print the date
SYNOPSIS
date [ -u ] [ -n ] [ seconds ]
DESCRIPTION
Prints the date to standard output, in the format:
Wed Jan 12 11:54:06 GMT 2002
The options are
-u Report Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) rather than local time.
-n Report the date as the number of seconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970.
Current time is obtained by reading /dev/time. The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the contents of /locale/timezone.
If the optional argument seconds is present, it is used as the time to convert rather than the real time.
FILES
/locale/timezone
Current time zone name and adjustments
/locale
A directory containing time zone tables
/dev/time
microseconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, 1 January 1970
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/date.b