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DATE(I)                      11/1/73                      DATE(I)







NAME

     date - print and set the date



SYNOPSIS

     date [ mmddhhmm[yy] ]



DESCRIPTION

     If no argument is given, the current date is printed to  the

     second.   If  an argument is given, the current date is set.

     The first mm is the month number; dd is the  day  number  in

     the  month;  hh  is  the  hour  number (24 hour system); the

     second mm is the minute number; yy is the last 2  digits  of

     the year number and is optional.  For example:



           date 10080045



     sets the date to Oct 8, 12:45 AM.  The current year  is  the

     default  if  no  year  is mentioned.  The system operates in

     GMT.  Date takes care of the conversion to  and  from  local

     standard and daylight time.



DIAGNOSTICS

     `bad conversion' if the argument is syntactically incorrect.



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