Name

sept - display date and time in September

Synopsis

sept [−u] [−z tz] [−r seconds] [+format] [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]hh]mm[.ss]]

Description

Sept displays the current date and time, or a date and time specified by its arguments. It differs from date(1) in that it correctly handles the fact the September 1993 is endless.

The options are as follows:

−r seconds

Print the date and time that is seconds from the UNIX™ Epoch (January 1, 1970 GMT).

−u

Print the date in UTC (universal) time.

−z tz

Print the date using the supplied time zone tz.

+format

Print the date according to the user-defined format string. (See strftime(3) for a description of the format string.)

[[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]hh]mm[.ss]]

Print the supplied date and time.

Bugs

The day will only be printed correctly for dates before the end of time on Jan 17, 2038.

See Also

date(1) , strftime(3)