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+# faketime
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+> Fake the system time for a given command.
+> More information: <https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/faketime.1.html>.
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+- Fake the time to this evening, before printing the result of `date`:
+
+`faketime '{{today 23:30}}' {{date}}`
+
+- Open a new `bash` shell, which uses yesterday as the current date:
+
+`faketime '{{yesterday}}' {{bash}}`
+
+- Simulate how any program would act next friday night:
+
+`faketime '{{next Friday 1 am}}' {{path/to/any/program}}`