--- name: "uu-date" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "uutils-coreutils" version: "0.12.0-1" release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/uu-date" --- # uu-date(1) Print or set the system date and time ## NAME date - Print or set the system date and time ## SYNOPSIS **date** \[OPTION\]... \[+FORMAT\]...\ **date** \[OPTION\]... \[MMDDhhmm\[\[CC\]YY\]\[.ss\]\]\ FORMAT controls the output. Interpreted sequences are:\ \| Sequence \| Description \| Example \|\ \| -------- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------------------- \|\ \| %% \| a literal % \| % \|\ \| %a \| locale's abbreviated weekday name \| Sun \|\ \| %A \| locale's full weekday name \| Sunday \|\ \| %b \| locale's abbreviated month name \| Jan \|\ \| %B \| locale's full month name \| January \|\ \| %c \| locale's date and time \| Thu Mar 3 23:05:25 2005\|\ \| %C \| century; like %Y, except omit last two digits \| 20 \|\ \| %d \| day of month \| 01 \|\ \| %D \| date; same as %m/%d/%y \| 12/31/99 \|\ \| %e \| day of month, space padded; same as %\_d \| 3 \|\ \| %F \| full date; same as %Y-%m-%d \| 2005-03-03 \|\ \| %g \| last two digits of year of ISO week number (see %G) \| 05 \|\ \| %G \| year of ISO week number (see %V); normally useful only with %V \| 2005 \|\ \| %h \| same as %b \| Jan \|\ \| %H \| hour (00..23) \| 23 \|\ \| %I \| hour (01..12) \| 11 \|\ \| %j \| day of year (001..366) \| 062 \|\ \| %k \| hour, space padded ( 0..23); same as %\_H \| 3 \|\ \| %l \| hour, space padded ( 1..12); same as %\_I \| 9 \|\ \| %m \| month (01..12) \| 03 \|\ \| %M \| minute (00..59) \| 30 \|\ \| %n \| a newline \| \\n \|\ \| %N \| nanoseconds (000000000..999999999) \| 123456789 \|\ \| %p \| locale's equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known \| PM \|\ \| %P \| like %p, but lower case \| pm \|\ \| %q \| quarter of year (1..4) \| 1 \|\ \| %r \| locale's 12-hour clock time \| 11:11:04 PM \|\ \| %R \| 24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M \| 23:30 \|\ \| %s \| seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC \| 1615432800 \|\ \| %S \| second (00..60) \| 30 \|\ \| %t \| a tab \| \\t \|\ \| %T \| time; same as %H:%M:%S \| 23:30:30 \|\ \| %u \| day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday \| 4 \|\ \| %U \| week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (00..53) \| 10 \|\ \| %V \| ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (01..53) \| 12 \|\ \| %w \| day of week (0..6); 0 is Sunday \| 4 \|\ \| %W \| week number of year, with Monday as first day of week (00..53) \| 11 \|\ \| %x \| locale's date representation \| 03/03/2005 \|\ \| %X \| locale's time representation \| 23:30:30 \|\ \| %y \| last two digits of year (00..99) \| 05 \|\ \| %Y \| year \| 2005 \|\ \| %z \| +hhmm numeric time zone \| -0400 \|\ \| %:z \| +hh:mm numeric time zone \| -04:00 \|\ \| %::z \| +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone \| -04:00:00 \|\ \| %:::z \| numeric time zone with : to necessary precision \| -04, +05:30 \|\ \| %Z \| alphabetic time zone abbreviation \| EDT \|\ By default, date pads numeric fields with zeroes.\ The following optional flags may follow '%':\ \* \`-\` (hyphen) do not pad the field\ \* \`\_\` (underscore) pad with spaces\ \* \`0\` (zero) pad with zeros\ \* \`^\` use upper case if possible\ \* \`#\` use opposite case if possible\ After any flags comes an optional field width, as a decimal number;\ then an optional modifier, which is either\ \* \`E\` to use the locale's alternate representations if available, or\ \* \`O\` to use the locale's alternate numeric symbols if available.\ Examples:\ Convert seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 UTC) to a date\ **date** --date='@2147483647'\ Show the time on the west coast of the US (use [tzselect(1)](/tzselect/1.md) to find TZ)\ TZ='America/Los\_Angeles' date ## DESCRIPTION Print or set the system date and time ## OPTIONS - **-d**, **--date** *\* display time described by STRING, not 'now' - **-f**, **--file** *\* like --date; once for each line of DATEFILE - **-I**, **--iso-8601** \[*\*\] 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 - **--resolution** output the available resolution of timestamps Example: 0.000000001 - **-R**, **--rfc-email** output date and time in RFC 5322 format. Example: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:34:56 -0600 - **--rfc-3339** *\* 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** *\* display the last modification time of FILE - **-s**, **--set** *\* set time described by STRING - **-u**, **--universal** print or set Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) - **-h**, **--help** Print help - **-V**, **--version** Print version - \[*format*\] ## VERSION v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0