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12 Useful Linux Date Command Examples

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Karim Buzdar
Jun 7, 2021

The date command is a command-line utility for displaying or setting date and time in the Linux system. It uses the system default time zone to display the time. In this article, I will show you 12 examples of how to best use the date command on Linux.
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Karim Buzdar

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