Manual: rust-date
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
display time described by STRING, not 'now'
-f, --file
like --date; once for each line of DATEFILE
-I, --iso-8601 []
output date/time in ISO 8601 format. FMT='date' for date only (the default), 'hours', 'minβ
utes', 'seconds', or 'ns' for date and time to the indicated precision. Example:
2006-08-14T02:34:56-06:00
Possible values:
β’ date
β’ hours
β’ minutes
β’ seconds
β’ 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
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:
β’ date
β’ seconds
β’ ns
--debug
annotate the parsed date, and warn about questionable usage to stderr
-r, --reference
display the last modification time of FILE
-s, --set
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
2026-04-16 DATE(1)