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| ## Name
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| date - print or set the system date and time
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| ## Synopsis
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| ```**sh
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| $ date [--set date] [--unix] [--iso-8601] [--rfc-3339] [--rfc-5322] [format-string]
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| ```
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| ## Description
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| date is a utility to set the system date and time
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| or print the system date and time in various formats.
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| ## Options
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| * `-s`, `--set`: Set system date and time
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| * `-u`, `--unix`: Print date as Unix timestamp
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| * `-i`, `--iso-8601`: Print date in ISO 8601 format
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| * `-r`, `--rfc-3339`: Print date in RFC 3339 format
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| * `-R`, `--rfc-5322`: Print date in RFC 5322 format
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| 
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| ## Arguments
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| * `format-string`: Custom format to print the date in. Must start with a '+' character.
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| ## Examples
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| ```sh
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| # Print the current date and time in ISO 8601 format
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| $ date --iso-8601
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| # Print the current date in a custom format
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| $ date +%Y-%m-%d
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| # Set date to 1610017485 (UNIX time)
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| $ date -s 1610017485
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| ```
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