231 lines
6.1 KiB
Groff
231 lines
6.1 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)date.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/17/93
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.\"
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.Dd November 17, 1993
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.Dt DATE 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm date
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.Nd display or set date and time
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm date
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.Op Fl d Ar dst
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.Op Fl r Ar seconds
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.Op Fl t Ar minutes_west
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.Op Fl nu
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.Op Cm + Ns Ar format
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.Op [yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]mm[\&.ss]
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Date
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displays the current date and time when invoked without arguments.
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Providing arguments will format the date and time in a user-defined
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way or set the date.
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Only the superuser may set the date.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl d
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Set the kernel's value for daylight savings time.
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If
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.Ar dst
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is non-zero, future calls
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to
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.Xr gettimeofday 2
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will return a non-zero
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.Ql tz_dsttime .
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.It Fl n
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The utility
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.Xr timed 8
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is used to synchronize the clocks on groups of machines.
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By default, if
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.Xr timed
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is running,
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.Nm date
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will set the time on all of the machines in the local group.
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The
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.Fl n
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option stops
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.Nm date
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from setting the time for other than the current machine.
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.It Fl r
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Print out the date and time in
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.Ar seconds
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from the Epoch.
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.It Fl t
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Set the kernel's value for minutes west of
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.Tn GMT .
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.Ar Minutes_west
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specifies the number of minutes returned in
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.Ql tz_minuteswest
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by future calls to
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.Xr gettimeofday 2 .
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.It Fl u
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Display or set the date in
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.Tn UCT
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(universal) time.
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.El
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.Pp
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An operand with a leading plus (``+'') sign signals a user-defined format
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string which specifies the format in which to display the date and time.
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The format string may contain any of the conversion specifications described
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in the
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.Xr strftime 3
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manual page, as well as any arbitrary text.
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The format string for the default display is:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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``%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z n''.
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.Ed
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.Pp
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If an operand does not have a leading plus sign, it is interpreted as
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a value for setting the system's notion of the current date and time.
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The canonical representation for setting the date and time is:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent
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.It Ar yy
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Year in abbreviated form (.e.g 89 for 1989).
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.It Ar mm
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Numeric month.
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A number from 1 to 12.
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.It Ar dd
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Day, a number from 1 to 31.
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.It Ar hh
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Hour, a number from 0 to 23.
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.It Ar mm
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Minutes, a number from 0 to 59.
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.It Ar .ss
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Seconds, a number from 0 to 61 (59 plus a a maximum of two leap seconds).
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.El
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.Pp
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Everything but the minutes is optional.
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.Pp
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Time changes for Daylight Saving and Standard time and leap seconds
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and years are handled automatically.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The command:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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date ``+DATE: %m/%d/%y%nTIME: %H:%M:0n''
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.Ed
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.Pp
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will display:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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DATE: 11/21/87
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TIME: 13:36:16
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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date 8506131627
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.Ed
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.Pp
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sets the date to
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.Dq Li "June 13, 1985, 4:27 PM" .
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.Pp
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The command:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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date 1432
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.Ed
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.Pp
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sets the time to
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.Li "2:32 PM" ,
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without modifying the date.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
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The following environment variables affect the execution of
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.Nm date :
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.Bl -tag -width TZ
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.It Ev TZ
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The timezone to use when displaying dates.
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See
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.Xr environ 7
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for more information.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/log/messages -compact
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.It Pa /var/log/wtmp
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A record of date resets and time changes.
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.It Pa /var/log/messages
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A record of the user setting the time.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr gettimeofday 2 ,
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.Xr strftime 3 ,
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.Xr utmp 5 ,
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.Xr timed 8
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.Rs
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.%T "TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD"
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.%A R. Gusella
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.%A S. Zatti
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.Re
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if unable to set the date, and 2
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if able to set the local date, but unable to set it globally.
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.Pp
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Occasionally, when
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.Xr timed
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synchronizes the time on many hosts, the setting of a new time value may
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require more than a few seconds.
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On these occasions,
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.Nm date
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prints:
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.Ql Network time being set .
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The message
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.Ql Communication error with timed
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occurs when the communication
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between
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.Nm date
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and
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.Xr timed
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fails.
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.Sh BUGS
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The system attempts to keep the date in a format closely compatible
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with
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.Tn VMS .
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.Tn VMS ,
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however, uses local time (rather than
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.Tn GMT )
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and does not understand daylight-savings time.
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Thus, if you use both
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.Tn UNIX
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and
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.Tn VMS ,
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.Tn VMS
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will be running on
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.Tn GMT .
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm date
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command is expected to be compatible with
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.St -p1003.2 .
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