date(1) DG/UX 5.4R3.00 date(1)
NAME
date - print and set the date
SYNOPSIS
date [ -u ] [ + format ]
date [ -a [ - ] sss.fff ] [ -u ] [[ mmdd]HHMM | mmddHHMM[cc]yy ]
DESCRIPTION
If no argument is given, or if the argument begins with +, the
current date and time are printed. Otherwise, the current date is
set (only by super-user).
-a [ - ] sss.fff
Slowly adjust the time by sss.fff seconds (fff represents
fractions of a second). This adjustment can be positive
or negative. The system's clock will be sped up or
slowed down until it has drifted by the number of seconds
specified.
-u Display (or set) the date in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT--
universal time), bypassing the normal conversion to (or
from) local time.
mm is the month number
dd is the day number in the month
HH is the hour number (24 hour system)
MM is the minute number
cc is the century minus one
yy is the last 2 digits of the year number
The month, day, year, and century may be omitted; the
current values are supplied as defaults. For example:
date 10080045
sets the date to Oct 8, 12:45 AM. The current year is
the default because no year is supplied. The system
operates in GMT. date takes care of the conversion to
and from local standard and daylight time. Only the
super-user may change the date. After successfully
setting the date and time, date displays the new date
according to the default format. The date command uses
TZ to determine the correct time zone information (see
environ(5)).
+ format If the argument begins with +, the output of date is
under the control of the user. Each Field Descriptor,
described below, is preceded by % and is replaced in the
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output by its corresponding value. A single % is encoded
by %%. All other characters are copied to the output
without change. The string is always terminated with a
new-line character. If the argument contains embedded
blanks it must be quoted (see the EXAMPLE section).
Specifications of native language translations of month and weekday
names are supported. The month and weekday names used for a language
are based on the locale specified by the environment variables
LCTIME and LANG (see environ(5)).
The month and weekday names used for a language are taken from a file
whose format is specified in strftime(4). This file also defines
country-specific date and time formats such as %c, which specifies
the default date format. The following form is the default for %c:
%a %b %e %T %Z %Y
e.g., Fri Dec 23 10:10:42 EST 1988
Field Descriptors (must be preceded by a %):
a abbreviated weekday name
A full weekday name
b abbreviated month name
B full month name
c country-specific date and time format
d day of month - 01 to 31
D date as %m/%d/%y
e day of month - 1 to 31 (single digits are preceded by a
blank)
h abbreviated month name (alias for %b)
H hour - 00 to 23
I hour - 01 to 12
j day of year - 001 to 366
m month of year - 01 to 12
M minute - 00 to 59
n insert a new-line character
p string containing ante-meridiem or post-meridiem indicator
(by default, AM or PM)
r time as %I:%M:%S %p
R time as %H:%M
S second - 00 to 61, allows for leap seconds
t insert a tab character
T time as %H:%M:%S
U week number of year (Sunday as the first day of the week) -
00 to 53
w day of week - Sunday = 0
W week number of year (Monday as the first day of the week) -
00 to 53
x Country-specific date format
X Country-specific time format
y year within century - 00 to 99
Y year as ccyy (4 digits)
Z timezone name
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International Features
The current date and time can be set and displayed using single-byte
or multibyte characters in accordance with the customary local
format. Characters from supplementary code sets can be used in
+format.
EXAMPLE
The command
date '+DATE: %m/%d/%y%nTIME: %H:%M:%S'
generates as output:
DATE: 08/01/76
TIME: 14:45:05
DIAGNOSTICS
No permission You are not the super-user and you try to change
the date.
bad conversion The date set is syntactically incorrect.
SEE ALSO
sysadm(1M), strftime(4), environ(5).
NOTES
Should you need to change the date while the system is running
multi-user, use the System->Date->Set option in sysadm(1M).
If you attempt to set the current date to one of the dates that the
standard and alternate time zones change (for example, the date that
daylight time is starting or ending), and you attempt to set the time
to a time in the interval between the end of standard time and the
beginning of the alternate time (or the end of the alternate time and
the beginning of standard time), the results are unpredictable.
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