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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DATE 1
        !             2: .CT 1 time_man sa_nonmortals inst_info 
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: date \- print or set the date
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B date
        !             7: .RB "
        !             8: [
        !             9: .I yymmddhhmm
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I " . "ss
        !            12: ]
        !            13: ]
        !            14: .I "
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: If no argument is given, the current date and time are printed.
        !            17: If an argument is given and the user is
        !            18: the super-user, the current date is set.
        !            19: .I yy
        !            20: is the last two digits of the year;
        !            21: the first
        !            22: .I mm
        !            23: is the month number;
        !            24: .I dd
        !            25: is the day number in the month;
        !            26: .I hh
        !            27: is the hour number (24 hour system);
        !            28: the second
        !            29: .I mm
        !            30: is the minute number;
        !            31: .BI . ss
        !            32: is optional and is the seconds.
        !            33: The year, month and day may be omitted, the current
        !            34: values being the defaults.
        !            35: The system operates in GMT.
        !            36: .I Date
        !            37: takes care of the conversion to and from
        !            38: local standard and daylight time.
        !            39: The options are
        !            40: .TP
        !            41: .B -u
        !            42: Set or report GMT rather than local time.
        !            43: .TP
        !            44: .B -n
        !            45: Set or report the date as the number of seconds since the
        !            46: epoch.
        !            47: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            48: .TP
        !            49: .L
        !            50: date 10080045
        !            51: Set the date to Oct 8, 12:45 AM, local time.
        !            52: .SH FILES
        !            53: .F /usr/adm/wtmp
        !            54: to record time-setting
        !            55: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            56: .IR utmp (5)
        !            57: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            58: `No permission'
        !            59: if a non-super user tries to change the date;
        !            60: `bad conversion'
        !            61: if the date is invalid.

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