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na_date - display or set date and time
date [ -u ] [ [[[[<cc>]<yy>]<mm>]<dd>]<hhmm>[.<ss>] ]
date [ -u ] -c
date [ -f ] -c initialize
date displays the current date and time of the system
clock when invoked without arguments.
When invoked with an argument, date sets the current date
and time of the system clock; the argument for setting the
date and time is interpreted as follows:
-
cc
- First 2 digits of the year (e.g., 19 for
1999).
-
yy
- Next 2 digits of year (e.g., 99 for 1999).
-
mm
- Numeric month. A number from 01 to 12.
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dd
- Day, a number from 01 to 31.
-
hh
- Hour, a number from 00 to 23.
-
mm
- Minutes, a number from 00 to 59.
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ss
- Seconds, a number from 00 to 59.
If the first 2 digits of the year are omitted, and the 2nd
2 digits are > 68, a date in the 1900s is used, otherwise
a date in the 2000s will be assumed. If all 4 digits of
the year are omitted, they default to the current year.
If the month or day are omitted, they default to the current
month and day, respectively. If the seconds are
omitted, they default to 0.
Time changes for Daylight Saving and Standard time, and
for leap seconds and years, are handled automatically.
-
-u
- Display or set the date in GMT (universal time)
instead of local time.
-
-c
- Display or set the date and time for the compliance
clock instead of the system clock. This option may
be used only if one has installed a SnapLock Compliance
or SnapLock Enterprise license.
Setting the compliance clock is indicated by -c
initialize. This will initialize the compliance
clock to the current value of the system clock.
Care should taken that to ensure that the system
clock is appropriately set before running -c initialize
because the compliance clock may only be
set once; there is no mechanism for resetting the
compliance clock.
-
-f
- Suppress the interactive confirmations that occur
when using -c initialize.
You cannot use the date command in partner mode to set the
date on the failed filer.
To set the current time to 21:00:
-
date 2100
To set the current time to 21:00, and the current day to
the 6th of the current month:
-
date 062100
To set the current time to 21:00, and the current day to
December 6th of the current year:
-
date 12062100
To set the current time to 21:00, and the current day to
December 6th, 1999:
-
date 9912062100
To set the current time to 21:00, and the current day to
December 6th, 2002:
-
date 200212062100
na_partner(1), na_rdate(1), na_timezone(1)
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