DATE(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		       DATE(1)

     NAME
	  date - print and set the date

     SYNOPSIS
	  date [ [yy]mmddhhmm ] [ +format ]

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/NUCLEUS

	  Origin:   System V

	  Native Language Support:
		    8-bit data, customs, messages

     DESCRIPTION
	  If no argument is given, or if the argument begins  with  +,
	  the  current	date  and  time	 are  printed.	Otherwise, the
	  current date is set.	yy is the last two digits of the  year
	  number;  the	first  mm  is  the month number; dd is the day
	  number in the month; hh is the hour number (24 hour system);
	  the  second  mm  is the minute number.  The year, month, and
	  day may be omitted, the current values being	the  defaults.
	  For example:

	       date 10080045

	  sets the date to Oct 8, 12:45 AM in the current  year.   The
	  system  operates  in GMT.  Date takes care of the conversion
	  to and from local standard and daylight time.

	  Attempting to set the date backwards	generates  a  warning,
	  and requires an extra confirmation from the (super-)user.

	  If the argument begins with +, the output of date  is	 under
	  the  control	of  the	 user.	 The  format for the output is
	  similar  to  that  of	 the  first  argument  to  printf(3S).
	  Numeric  output  fields  are	of  fixed size (zero padded if
	  necessary).  Each field descriptor is preceded by % and will
	  be  replaced	in  the	 output by its corresponding value.  A
	  single % is encoded by %%.  All other characters are	copied
	  to   the  output  without  change.   The  string  is	always
	  terminated with a new-line character.

	  Date writes an accounting record on the file /usr/adm/wtmp.

	  Field Descriptors:
	       n    insert a new-line character
	       t    insert a tab character
	       m    month of year - 01 to 12
	       d    day of month - 01 to 31
	       y    last 2 digits of year - 00 to 99
	       D    date as mm/dd/yy
	       H    hour - 00 to 23
	       M    minute - 00 to 59
	       S    second - 00 to 59
	       T    time as HH:MM:SS
	       j    Julian date - 001 to 366
	       w    day of week - Sunday = 0
	       a    abbreviated weekday name - Sun to Sat
	       W    full weekday name - Sunday to Saturday
	       h    abbreviated month name - Jan to Dec
	       F    Full month name - January to December
	       r    time in AM/PM notation
	       z    time  zone	name  from  TZ	variable   in	user's
		    environment
	  The full or abbreviated month name and full  or  abbreviated
	  weekday name are spelled according to user's native language
	  as defined by his LANG variable (see environ(7)).
	  If there is no  argument  the	 current  date	and  time  are
	  printed  according  to the D_T_FMT string (see langinfo(3C))
	  which corresponds to the current value of the variable  LANG
	  in  the user's environment.  If the LANG variable is not set
	  ctime(3C) is used to format the date.
     EXAMPLE
	       date '+DATE: %m/%d/%y%nTIME: %H:%M:%S'
	  would generate as output:
	       DATE: 08/01/76
	       TIME: 14:45:05
     FILES
	  /usr/adm/wtmp
     SEE ALSO
	  ctime(3C), langinfo(3C), environ(7).
     DIAGNOSTICS
	  No permission		if you aren't the super-user  and  you
				try to change the date;
	  bad conversion	if  the	 date  set  is	 syntactically
				incorrect;
	  bad format character	if  the	 field	 descriptor   is   not
				recognizable.