tldr/pages/linux/date.md

date

Set or display the system date.

• Display the date using the default locale:

date +"%c"

• Display the date in UTC and ISO 8601 format:

date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"

• Display the number of seconds since the unix epoch:

date +%s

• Convert a unix epoch timestamp to a date:

date -d @1473305798