Manual: date

DATE(1)						   General Commands Manual					     DATE(1)

NAME
       date - Print or set the system date and time

SYNOPSIS
       date  [-d|--date] [-f|--file] [-I|--iso-8601] [--resolution] [-R|--rfc-email] [--rfc-3339] [--debug] [-r|--reference]
       [-s|--set] [-u|--universal] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [format]

DESCRIPTION
       Print or set the system date and time

OPTIONS
       -d, --date 
	      display time described by STRING, not 'now'

       -f, --file 
	      like --date; once for each line of DATEFILE

       -I, --iso-8601 []
	      output date/time in ISO 8601 format.  FMT='date' for date only (the default), 'hours',  'minutes',  'seconds',
	      or 'ns' for date and time to the indicated precision.  Example: 2006-08-14T02:34:56-06:00

	      Possible values:

		     • date

		     • hours

		     • minutes

		     • seconds

		     • ns

       --resolution
	      output the available resolution of timestamps Example: 0.000000001

       -R, --rfc-email
	      output date and time in RFC 5322 format.	Example: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:34:56 -0600

       --rfc-3339 
	      output date/time in RFC 3339 format.  FMT='date', 'seconds', or 'ns' for date and time to the indicated preci‐
	      sion.  Example: 2006-08-14 02:34:56-06:00

	      Possible values:

		     • date

		     • seconds

		     • ns

       --debug
	      annotate the parsed date, and warn about questionable usage to stderr

       -r, --reference 
	      display the last modification time of FILE

       -s, --set 
	      set time described by STRING

       -u, --universal
	      print or set Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [format]

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						     DATE(1)