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# date

> Set or display the system date.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/date-invocation.html>.

- Display the current date using the default locale's format:

`date +%c`

- Display the current date in UTC, using the ISO 8601 format:

`date {{[-u|--utc]}} +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z`

- Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch):

`date +%s`

- Convert a date specified as a Unix timestamp to the default format:

`date {{[-d|--date]}} @{{1473305798}}`

- Convert a given date to the Unix timestamp format:

`date {{[-d|--date]}} "{{2018-09-01 00:00}}" +%s {{[-u|--utc]}}`

- Display the current date using the RFC-3339 format (`YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss TZ`):

`date --rfc-3339 s`

- Set the current date using the format `MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss` (`YYYY` and `.ss` are optional):

`date {{093023592021.59}}`

- Display the current ISO week number:

`date +%V`
