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- Command Name : Date
-
- Function : Displays or sets the date or time
-
- Arguments : [<day>] [<date>] [<time>]
-
- Location : C directory
-
- This function, without arguments will display the system date and time,
- taken from the internal clock (if you have one). If you include arguments
- then the time will be set. Users without a clock can set the date and time
- in this way at the start of a computing session if they wish to use the
- Clock utility. Note that dashes (-) are used as date separators and that
- times are in the 24 hour clock. The months are entered as three lower case
- letters (the first three of the month's name)
-
- Examples
-
- Date
-
- Shows the date the date and time, from the internal clock.
-
- Date 3-aug-93 10:30
-
- Sets the date to the 3rd of August 1993 and the time to 10:30 (the
- time of writing!)
-