NAME

date − print the date

SYNOPSIS

date

DESCRIPTION

Prints the date to standard output, in the format:

Fri Feb 16 17:03:52 CDT 1997

Current time is obtained by reading /dev/time.  The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the contents of /locale/timezone. 

FILES

­/locale/timezone
Current time zone name and adjustments

­/locale A directory containing time zone tables

­/dev/time microseconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, 1 January 1970

SOURCE

­/appl/cmd/date.b

SEE ALSO

time(1), daytime(2), cons(3)

Plan 9  —  June 29, 2000