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diff --git a/man/man1/date.1 b/man/man1/date.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3d232baa --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/date.1 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.TH DATE 1 +.SH NAME +date, clock \- date and time +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B date +[ +.I option +] [ +.I seconds +] +.br +.B clock +.SH DESCRIPTION +Print the date, in the format +.PP +.B + Tue Aug 16 17:03:52 CDT 1977 +.PP +The options are +.TP +.B -u +Report Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) rather than local time. +.TP +.B -n +Report the date as the number of seconds since the +epoch, 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970. +.PP +The conversion from Greenwich Mean Time to local time depends on the +.B $timezone +environment variable; see +.IR ctime (2). +.PP +If the optional argument +.I seconds +is present, it is used as the time to convert rather than +the real time. +.SH FILES +.TF /adm/timezone/local +.TP +.B /env/timezone +Current timezone name and adjustments. +.TP +.B /adm/timezone +A directory containing timezone tables. +.TP +.B /adm/timezone/local +Default timezone file, copied by +.IR init (8) +into +.BR /env/timezone . +.PD +.PP +.I Clock +draws a simple analog clock in its window. +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/cmd/date.c +.br +.B /sys/src/cmd/clock.c |