Linux date Command
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- What is Linux date Command?
- 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.
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: