date
Set or display the system date. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/date.html.
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Display the current date using the default locale's format:
date +%c -
Display the current date in UTC and ISO 8601 format:
date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ -
Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch):
date +%s -
Display a specific date (represented as a Unix timestamp) using the default format:
date -r 1473305798
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