ladybird/Base/usr/share/man/man1/date.md
Daniel Bertalan 7bd68c86d3 date: Allow using a custom format string
This commit adds an optional string positional argument which is used a
custom format string for the date.
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Name

date - print or set the system date and time

Synopsis

$ date [--set date] [--unix] [--iso-8601] [--rfc-3339] [--rfc-5322] [format-string]

Description

date is a utility to set the system date and time or print the system date and time in various formats.

Options

  • -s, --set: Set system date and time
  • -u, --unix: Print date as Unix timestamp
  • -i, --iso-8601: Print date in ISO 8601 format
  • -r, --rfc-3339: Print date in RFC 3339 format
  • -R, --rfc-5322: Print date in RFC 5322 format

Arguments

  • format-string: Custom format to print the date in. Must start with a '+' character.

Examples

# Print the current date and time in ISO 8601 format
$ date --iso-8601

# Print the current date in a custom format
$ date +%Y-%m-%d

# Set date to 1610017485 (UNIX time)
$ date -s 1610017485