| .Dd 2015-10-08 | |
| .Dt DATE 1 | |
| .Os sbase | |
| .Sh NAME | |
| .Nm date | |
| .Nd print date and time | |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| .Nm | |
| .Op Fl d Ar time | |
| .Op Fl u | |
| .Op Cm + Ns Ar format | |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| .Nm | |
| prints the date and time according to | |
| .Xr locale 7 | |
| or | |
| .Ar format | |
| using | |
| .Xr strftime 3 . | |
| .Sh OPTIONS | |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
| .It Fl d Ar time | |
| .Ar time | |
| given as the number of seconds since the | |
| Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. | |
| .It Fl u | |
| Print UTC time instead of local time. | |
| .El | |
| .Sh STANDARDS | |
| The | |
| .Nm | |
| utility is compliant with the | |
| .St -p1003.1-2013 | |
| specification. | |
| .Pp | |
| The | |
| .Op Fl d | |
| flag is an extension to that specification. |