<tt>date</tt>: Display Date


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date: Display Date

date
displays the date and time on the standard output.

Example:

prompt> date
Mon Dec 11 16:36:39 EST 1989

date can also be used to display specific fields of the date. The next example shows how to display the current hour and minute:

prompt> date "+%H %M"
16 36


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Fri Feb 17 15:55:40 EST 1995