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Finding out the System Time & Date

The system time and date can be displayed using the date command. In modern UNIX systems the current date and time are directly obtained from a number of atomic clocks via the Internet. The departmental server is syncronized with three atomic clocks and acts as the official campus time server.



Mark O. Stitson
Wed Sep 25 10:45:32 BST 1996