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date

date - print or set the system date and time

List of commands for date:

- date
date:show:default Displays the current server date in UTC timezone

$ date -u +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

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date:tldr:249fd date: Display the current date using the default locale's format.

$ date +%c

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- date
date:tldr:284c4 date: Display the current date in UTC, using the ISO 8601 format.

$ date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z

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date:tldr:31078 date: Display the current ISO week number.

$ date +%V

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- date
date:tldr:55615 date: Convert a date specified as a Unix timestamp to the default format.

$ date -d @${1473305798}

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- date
date:tldr:5fc73 date: Display the current system date and prompt to enter a new date (leave empty to keep unchanged).

$ date

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- date
date:tldr:96b8f date: Set the current date using the format `MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss` (`YYYY` and `.ss` are optional).

$ date ${093023592021-59}

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- date
date:tldr:9c1f1 date: Change the current system date to a specific date.

$ date ${month}-${day}-${year}

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- date
date:tldr:acd92 date: Display the current date in UTC and ISO 8601 format.

$ date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ

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- date
date:tldr:db5bb date: Display the current system date without prompting for a new date.

$ date /t

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- date
date:tldr:e9668 date: Display a specific date (represented as a Unix timestamp) using the default format.

$ date -r 1473305798

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- date
date:tldr:f3ffc date: Display the current date using the RFC-3339 format (`YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss TZ`).

$ date --rfc-3339=s

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date:tldr:f9bed date: Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch).

$ date +%s

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date:tldr:fcd8e date: Convert a given date to the Unix timestamp format.

$ date -d "${2018-09-01 00:00}" +%s --utc

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system:date:set Sets the system date and time to the specified value. Format: yy-mm-dd hh:ii:ss.

$ date -s '${year}-${month}-${day} ${hour}:${minute}:${second}'

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