---
name: "rust-date"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rust-coreutils"
version: "0.0.30-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rust-date"
---

# rust-date(1)

Print or set the system date and time

## NAME

date - Print or set the system date and time

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

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