.TH DATE 1
.SH NAME
date \- print or set the date and time
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdate [\fB\-qsuS\fR] [\fB\-r\fI seconds\fR]
[[\fIMMDDYY\fR]\fIhhmm\fR[\fIss\fR]] [\fI+format\fR]\fR
.br
.de FL
.TP
\\fB\\$1\\fR
\\$2
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.de EX
.TP 20
\\fB\\$1\\fR
# \\$2
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.SH OPTIONS
.FL "\-q" "Read the date from \fIstdin\fR"
.FL "\-s" "Set the time (implicit for \fB\-q\fR or a date string)"
.FL "\-u" "Print the date as GMT"
.FL "\-S" "Date within Eternal September"
.FL "\-r" "Use this number of seconds instead of current time"
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX "date" "Print the date and time"
.EX "date 0221921610" "Set date to Feb 21, 1992 at 4:10 p.m."
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
With the \fB\-q\fR flag or a numeric argument,
.I date
sets the GMT time and date.
.I MMDDYY
refers to the month, day, and year;
.I hhmmss
refers to the hour, minute and second.
Each of the six fields must be exactly two digits, no more and no less.
.I date
always display the date and time, with the default format for the system.
The \fB\-u\fR flag request GMT time instead of local time.
A format may be specified with a + followed by a printf-like string with
the following options:
.ta 0.25i
.nf
.PP
	%%  % character
	%A  Name of the day
	%B  Name of the month
	%D  mm/dd/yy
	%H  Decimal hour on 2 digits
	%I  Decimal hour modulo 12 on 2 digits
	%M  Decimal minute on 2 digits
	%S  Decimal seconds on 2 digits
	%T  HH:MM:SS
	%U  Decimal week number, Sunday being first day of week
	%W  Decimal week number, Monday being first day of week
	%X  Same as %T
	%Y  Decimal year on 4 digits
	%Z  Time Zone (if any)
	%a  Abbreviated name of the day
	%b  Abbreviated name of the month
	%c  Appropriate date & time (default format)
	%d  Decimal day of the month on 2 digits
	%e  Same as %d, but a space replaces leading 0
	%h  Same as %b
	%j  Decimal dey of the year on 3 digits
	%m  Decimal month on 2 digits
	%n  Newline character
	%p  AM or PM
	%r  12-hour clock time with AM/PM
	%s  Number of seconds since the epoch
	%t  Tab character
	%w  Decimal day of the week (0=Sunday)
	%x  Same as %D
	%y  Decimal year on 2 digits
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR time (2),
.BR ctime (3),
.BR readclock (8).