Annotation of researchv10dc/dist/man/v4/man1/date.1, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: .th DATE I 11/1/73
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: date \*- print and set the date
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd date
                      6: [ mmddhhmm[yy] ]
                      7: .sh DESCRIPTION
                      8: If no argument is given, the current date is printed
                      9: to the second.
                     10: If an argument is given, the current date is set.
                     11: The first
                     12: .it mm
                     13: is the month number;
                     14: .it dd
                     15: is the day number in the month;
                     16: .it hh
                     17: is the hour number (24 hour system);
                     18: the second
                     19: .it mm
                     20: is the minute number;
                     21: .it yy
                     22: is the last 2 digits of the year number and is optional.
                     23: For example:
                     24: .s3
                     25: .bd"      date 10080045"
                     26: .s3
                     27: sets the date to Oct 8, 12:45 AM.
                     28: The current year is the default if no year is mentioned.
                     29: The system operates in GMT.
                     30: .it Date
                     31: takes care of the conversion to and from
                     32: local standard and daylight time.
                     33: .sh BUGS

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