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In this tutorial we learn how to use date commmand in Linux. date command is date - print or set the system date and time

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What is Linux date Command?   date Syntax   date Examples   date Command Manual / Help   Linux date Command Source Code   Related Linux Commands   Summary  

What is Linux date Command?  

In this tutorial we learn how to use date command in Linux. date command is date - print or set the system date and time

date Syntax  

       date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
       date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]

date Examples  

date Command Manual / Help  

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of date command.

date command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for date command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man date

To open info page for date command we can use command below.

info date

To open help page from date command we can run command below.

date --help

Linux date Command Source Code  

You can find date command source code from the folowing repositories:

Related Linux Commands  

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

  • Linux w Command
  • Linux id Command
  • Linux who Command

Summary  

In this tutorial we learn how to use date in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.

On this page:
What is Linux date Command?   date Syntax   date Examples   date Command Manual / Help   Linux date Command Source Code   Related Linux Commands   Summary  
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