Linux date Command

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: