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.IX Title "DM_DATE 1"
.TH DM_DATE 1 2024-09-01 "perl v5.40.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
dm_date \- print out the system date and time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
This performs the same operation as the unix 'date' command, but using
the Date::Manip module.
.PP
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\&   dm_date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This displays information about the current system time, or some
other time. Options are:
.IP "\-h, \-\-help" 4
.IX Item "-h, --help"
Print online help.
.IP "\-d STRING, \-\-date=STRING" 4
.IX Item "-d STRING, --date=STRING"
Display time described by STRING. STRING can be any string which can
be parsed by Date::Manip.  Please refer to the Date::Manip::Date
documentation for details.
.IP "\-f DATEFILE, \-\-file=DATEFILE" 4
.IX Item "-f DATEFILE, --file=DATEFILE"
This reads each line in DATEFILE, and extracts a date from it and
prints out the information.
.Sp
Blank lines and lines starting with a pound (#) are ignored. Lines
not containing a valid date are also ignored.
.IP "\-r FILE, \-\-reference=FILE" 4
.IX Item "-r FILE, --reference=FILE"
Displays the last modification time of FILE.
.IP "\-R, \-\-rfc\-2822" 4
.IX Item "-R, --rfc-2822"
Displayc the date and time in RFC 2822 format.
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Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 \-0600
.IP "\-u, \-\-utc, \-\-universal" 4
.IX Item "-u, --utc, --universal"
Converts the date to UT (GMT) and prints out the information.
.PP
Only one of \-d, \-f, or \-r should be included. If more than
one is included, the first one from the list (\-d, \-f, \-r)
is used and any other is ignored.
.PP
The format string starts with a plus (+) and contains any
of the format directives described in Date::Manip::Date.
.SH "KNOWN BUGS"
.IX Header "KNOWN BUGS"
None known.
.SH "BUGS AND QUESTIONS"
.IX Header "BUGS AND QUESTIONS"
Please refer to the Date::Manip::Problems documentation for
information on submitting bug reports or questions to the author.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Date::Manip::Date
.SH LICENSE
.IX Header "LICENSE"
This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org)