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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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