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date ”displays the date and time or sets the date[ u ] [ a [ ] sss.fff ] [ yymmddhhmm [ .ss ] ] [+format ] Without arguments, the date command displays the date and time. If the command-line argument starts with a plus sign, the rest of the argument is used to format the output. If a percent sign is used, the next character is a formatting character to extract a particular part of the date, such as just the year or weekday. To set the date, the command-line argument is expressed in digits representing the year, month, day, hours, and minutes. Example A.18.1 date +%T 2 date +20%y 3 date "+It is now %m/%d /%y" EXPLANATION
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