DATE(1)                     General Commands Manual                    DATE(1)

NAME
       date - Print or set the system date and time

SYNOPSIS
       date [-d|--date] [-f|--file] [-I|--iso-8601] [--resolution]
       [-R|--rfc-email] [--rfc-3339] [--debug] [-r|--reference] [-s|--set]
       [-u|--universal] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [format]

DESCRIPTION
       Print or set the system date and time

OPTIONS
       -d, --date <STRING>
              display time described by STRING, not 'now'

       -f, --file <DATEFILE>
              like --date; once for each line of DATEFILE

       -I, --iso-8601 [<FMT>]
              output date/time in ISO 8601 format.  FMT='date' for date only
              (the default), 'hours', 'minutes', 'seconds', or 'ns' for date
              and time to the indicated precision.  Example:
              2006-08-14T02:34:56-06:00

              Possible values:

                     o date

                     o hours

                     o minutes

                     o seconds

                     o ns

       --resolution
              output the available resolution of timestamps Example:
              0.000000001

       -R, --rfc-email
              output date and time in RFC 5322 format.  Example: Mon, 14 Aug
              2006 02:34:56 -0600

       --rfc-3339 <FMT>
              output date/time in RFC 3339 format.  FMT='date', 'seconds', or
              'ns' for date and time to the indicated precision.  Example:
              2006-08-14 02:34:56-06:00

              Possible values:

                     o date

                     o seconds

                     o ns

       --debug
              annotate the parsed date, and warn about questionable usage to
              stderr

       -r, --reference <FILE>
              display the last modification time of FILE

       -s, --set <STRING>
              set time described by STRING

       -u, --universal
              print or set Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

       -h, --help
              Print help

       -V, --version
              Print version

       [format]


VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

                                  2026-04-07                           DATE(1)