- About date : To print or set the system date and time
- Comes From : coreutils-8.4-9.el6.i686
Examples:
1. To display the date and time
| $ date |
2. To display the date and time entered by time
| $ date –date=hh:mm:dd:mm:yy |
3. To print the date from formats specified in each line of file
| $ date -f file.txt $ date –file file.txt |
4. To get the last modification time for a file.
| $ date file.txt |
5. To output date and time in RFC 2822 format
| $ date -R $ date –rfc-2822 |
6. To output date and time in RFC 3339 format
| $ date –rfc-3339 |
7. To set the time specified by the time
| $ date -u $ date –utc $ date –universal |
8. To display the version information
| $ date –version |
