date

Display or set the date and time (BSD/macOS options).

Runs as date|macOS

Command form

ai-draft · 1 task · 5 fields

Display a date, optionally in UTC, RFC 2822 format, converted from epoch seconds or adjusted. Setting the system clock is not offered.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui date

Print a dateExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

UTC

-u

Output format

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Print formatted date

utcformat

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

UTC

boolean

-u

RFC 2822 output

boolean

-R

From epoch seconds

string

-r

Adjust

Adjustment such as +1d or -2H.
string · repeatable

-v

Output format

A + followed by a strftime format, e.g. +%Y-%m-%d.
string · positional 0

+%Y-%m-%d+%s

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

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completion

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed date against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.