| .TH DATE 1 |
| .SH NAME |
| date \- date and time |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B date |
| [ |
| .I option |
| ] [ |
| .I seconds |
| ] |
| .\" .br |
| .\" .B clock |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| Print the date, in the format |
| .PP |
| .B |
| Tue Aug 16 17:03:52 CDT 1977 |
| .PP |
| The options are |
| .TP |
| .B -u |
| Report Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) rather than local time. |
| .TP |
| .B -n |
| Report the date as the number of seconds since the |
| epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970. |
| .PP |
| The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the |
| .B $timezone |
| environment variable; see |
| .IR ctime (3). |
| .PP |
| If the optional argument |
| .I seconds |
| is present, it is used as the time to convert rather than |
| the real time. |
| .\" .SH FILES |
| .\" .TF /adm/timezone/local |
| .\" .TP |
| .\" .B /env/timezone |
| .\" Current timezone name and adjustments. |
| .\" .TP |
| .\" .B /adm/timezone |
| .\" A directory containing timezone tables. |
| .\" .TP |
| .\" .B /adm/timezone/local |
| .\" Default timezone file, copied by |
| .\" .IR init (8) |
| .\" into |
| .\" .BR /env/timezone . |
| .\" .PD |
| .\" .PP |
| .\" .I Clock |
| .\" draws a simple analog clock in its window. |
| .SH SOURCE |
| .B \*9/src/cmd/date.c |
| .\" .br |
| .\" .B \*9/src/cmd/draw/clock.c |
