User Commands                                             date(1)

NAME
     date - write the date and time

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/date  [ -u ]  [ + format  ]

     /usr/bin/date  [ -a  [ - ] sss.fff  ]

     /usr/bin/date  [ -u ]  [ [ mmdd ] HHMM   | mmddHHMM  [ cc  ]
     yy  ]  [ .SS ]

     /usr/xpg4/bin/date  [ -u ]  [ + format  ]

     /usr/xpg4/bin/date  [ -a  [ - ] sss.fff  ]

     /usr/xpg4/bin/date  [ -u ]  [ [ mmdd ] HHMM   | mmddHHMM   [
     cc ] yy  ]  [ .SS ]

DESCRIPTION
     The date  utility writes the date and time to standard  out-
     put or attempts to set the system date and time. By default,
     the current date and time will be written.

     Specifications of native language translations of month  and
     weekday  names  are  supported.  The month and weekday names
     used for a language are based on the locale specified by the
     environment variable LC_TIME;  see environ(5).

....
               the  current  values  are applied as defaults. For
               example:

               date 10080045

               sets the date to Oct 8,  12:45  a.m.  The  current
               year  is  the default because no year is supplied.
               The system operates in GMT. date   takes  care  of
               the conversion to and from local standard and day-
               light time. Only a user with the solaris.system.date  |*
               authorization may  change  the                        |
               date.  After  successfully  setting  the  date and
               time, date  displays the new date according to the
               default  format.  The  date   command  uses  TZ to

SunOS 5.7           Last change: 18 Mar 1997                    2