Date - DEC Digital Alpha VME 4/224 User Manual

date — display or change time
Displays or modifies the current date and time. If you include no arguments, the
command displays the current date and time. If you do include arguments, the
command modifies the current date and time stored in the time-of-year (TOY)
clock.
The date is not preserved if the TOY clock battery has been disabled with
the set TOY SLEEP command. On the next power-on of the module, the
battery is reenabled and the date might need to be reinitialized.
The format of the date and time registers for the console is as described in the
DS1386 specification, except that the year register contains the number of years
1858. This is done to retain compatibility with the openVMS and UNIX operating
systems.
Syntax
date [ [[[yyyy]mm]dd]hhmm[.ss] ]
Arguments
yyyymmddhhmm.ss
Specifies the new date and time, where:
• yyyy (0000-9999) is the year
• mm (01-12) is the two digit month
• dd (01-31) is the two digit day
• hh (00-23) is the two digit hour
• mm (00-59) is the two digit minute
• ss (00-59) is the two digit second
When you modify the date or time, you must specify at least the hour and minute
fields (4 digits). If you include 6 digits, that is interpreted as the day, hour, and
minute fields. Omitted fields are inherited.
Note
Console Commands 13–21

date