rust-date(1) · carta

Usage

date [{-d | --date}] [{-f | --file}] [{-I | --iso-8601}] [{-R | --rfc-email}] [--rfc-3339] [--debug] [{-r | --reference}] [{-s | --set}] [{-u | --universal}] [{-h | --help}] [{-V | --version}] [format]

Overview

Print or set the system date and time

Options

-d, --date=STRING: display time described by STRING, not 'now'

-f, --file=DATEFILE: like --date; once for each line of DATEFILE

-I, --iso-8601=FMT

output date/time in ISO 8601 format.
FMT='date' for date only (the default),
'hours', 'minutes', 'seconds', or 'ns'
for date and time to the indicated precision.
Example: 2006-08-14T02:34:56-06:00

[possible values: date, hours, minutes, seconds, ns]

-R, --rfc-email: output date and time in RFC 5322 format.
Example: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:34:56 -0600

--rfc-3339=FMT

output date/time in RFC 3339 format.
FMT='date', 'seconds', or 'ns'
for date and time to the indicated precision.
Example: 2006-08-14 02:34:56-06:00

[possible values: date, seconds, ns]

--debug: annotate the parsed date, and warn about questionable usage to stderr

-r, --reference=FILE: display the last modification time of FILE

-s, --set=STRING: set time described by STRING

-u, --universal: print or set Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

-h, --help: Print help

-V, --version: Print version

[format]

Version

v0.0.30

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

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13

-V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie).

--resolution until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --utc until Debian 12 (Bookworm).