DATE(1)                              BSD                               DATE(1)



NAME
     date - print and set the date

SYNOPSIS
     date [ -n ] [ -u ] [ yymmddhhmm[.ss] ]

DESCRIPTION
     If you don't specify an argument, date prints the current date and time.
     Providing an argument sets the desired date.  Only the super-user can set
     the date.

OPTIONS
     -u        Display or set the date in GMT (universal time).

      yymmddhhmm[.ss]
               If you're setting the date, yy represents the last two digits
               of the year; the first mm is the month number; dd is the day
               number; hh is the hour number (24-hour system); the second mm
               is the minute number; .ss is optional and represents the
               seconds.

               For example:

               date 8906131627

               sets the date to June 13 1989, 4:27 PM.  The year, month and
               day can be omitted; the default values will be the current
               ones.  The system operates in GMT.  The date command takes care
               of the conversion to and from local standard and daylight-
               saving time.

     -n        If timed is running to synchronize the clocks of machines in a
               local area network, date sets the time globally on all those
               machines, unless you specify the -n option. This option is not
               supported by Domain/OS BSD.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Exit status is 0 on success; 1 on complete failure to set the date; 2 on
     successfully setting the local date but failing globally.

FILES
     /usr/adm/wtmp       To record time-setting.
     /usr/adm/messages   To record the name of the user setting the time.

SEE ALSO
     gettimeofday(2), utmp(5)