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.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
.MR ctime (3) .
.PP
If the optional argument
.I seconds
is present, it is used as the time to convert rather than
the real time.
.PP
.I Clock
draws a simple analog clock in its window.
.\" .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 \*9/src/cmd/date.c
.br
.B \*9/src/cmd/draw/clock.c