View current date and time using date command

 

   The date command can be use to display current date and time on your Linux system.  The command example below show the use of date command to display current date and time on the system.

1. date Command Example:

[root@fedora ~]#  date 

 

2.  date Command output:

[root@fedora ~]# date

Tue Jul 29 01:36:51 EDT 2008

[root@fedora ~]#

 

Help and manual for date command:

[root@fedora ~]# man date

[root@fedora ~]# info date

[root@fedora ~]# date --help