DATE(1) DATE(1) NAME date - print the date SYNOPSIS date [ -u ] [ -n ] [ seconds ] DESCRIPTION Prints the date to standard output, in the format: Wed Jan 12 11:54:06 GMT 2002 The options are -u Report Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) rather than local time. -n Report the date as the number of seconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970. Current time is obtained by reading /dev/time. The conver- sion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the contents of /locale/timezone. If the optional argument seconds is present, it is used as the time to convert rather than the real time. FILES /locale/timezone Current time zone name and adjustments /locale A directory containing time zone tables /dev/time microseconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, 1 January 1970 SOURCE /appl/cmd/date.b SEE ALSO time(1), daytime(2), cons(3) Page 1 Plan 9 (printed 12/23/24)