DATE(1)                 GENIX Programmer's Manual                 DATE(1)



      NAME
           date - print and set the date

      SYNOPSIS
           date [ yymmddhhmm [ .ss ] ]

      DESCRIPTION
           If no argument is given, the current date and time are printed.   If
           an  argument  is given, the current date is set.  yy is the last two
           digits of the year; the first mm is the month number; dd is the  day
           number  in  the  month;  hh is the hour number (24 hour system); the
           second mm is the minute number; .ss is optional and is the  seconds.
           For example:

                date 10080045

           sets the date to Oct 8, 12:45 AM.  The year, month and  day  may  be
           omitted, the current values being the defaults.  The system operates
           in GMT.  Date takes care of the conversion to and from  local  stan-
           dard and daylight time.

      FILES
           /usr/adm/wtmp to record time-setting

      SEE ALSO
           utmp(5)

      DIAGNOSTICS
           `No permission' if you aren't the super-user and you try  to  change
           the  date;  `bad  conversion'  if  the  date  set  is  syntactically
           incorrect.
























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