.TH DATE 1 sbase\-VERSION
.SH NAME
date \- print date and time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B date
.RB [ \-d
.IR time ]
.RB [ \-u ]
.RI [+ format ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B date
prints the date and time. If a
.I format
is given it is used to format the date as per
.IR strftime (3).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-d " time"
prints
.I time
instead of the system time, given as the number of seconds since the Unix epoch.
.TP
.B \-u
prints UTC time instead of local time.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR strftime (3)