1 /* date - print or set the system date and time
2 Copyright (C) 1989-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
18 David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu> */
23 #include <sys/types.h>
25 # include <langinfo.h>
36 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
37 #define PROGRAM_NAME "date"
39 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie"
49 static void show_date PARAMS ((const char *format, time_t when));
53 /* display only the date: 1999-03-25 */
55 /* display date and hour: 1999-03-25T03-0500 */
57 /* display date, hours, and minutes: 1999-03-25T03:23-0500 */
59 /* display date, hours, minutes, and seconds: 1999-03-25T03:23:14-0500 */
63 static char const *const time_spec_string[] =
65 "date", "hours", "minutes", "seconds", 0
68 static enum Time_spec const time_spec[] =
70 TIME_SPEC_DATE, TIME_SPEC_HOURS, TIME_SPEC_MINUTES, TIME_SPEC_SECONDS
73 /* The name this program was run with, for error messages. */
76 /* If nonzero, display an ISO 8601 format date/time string */
77 static int iso_8601_format = 0;
79 /* If non-zero, display time in RFC-(2)822 format for mail or news. */
80 static int rfc_format = 0;
82 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
83 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
86 ISO_8601_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
89 static char const short_options[] = "d:f:I" OPTARG_POSIX "r:Rs:u";
91 static struct option const long_options[] =
93 {"date", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},
94 {"file", required_argument, NULL, 'f'},
95 {"iso-8601", optional_argument, NULL, ISO_8601_OPTION},
96 {"reference", required_argument, NULL, 'r'},
97 {"rfc-822", no_argument, NULL, 'R'},
98 {"set", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
99 {"uct", no_argument, NULL, 'u'},
100 {"utc", no_argument, NULL, 'u'},
101 {"universal", no_argument, NULL, 'u'},
102 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
103 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
108 # define TZSET tzset ()
110 # define TZSET /* empty */
114 # define DATE_FMT_LANGINFO() nl_langinfo (_DATE_FMT)
116 # define DATE_FMT_LANGINFO() ""
123 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
128 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]\n\
129 or: %s [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]\n\
131 program_name, program_name);
133 Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date.\n\
135 -d, --date=STRING display time described by STRING, not `now'\n\
136 -f, --file=DATEFILE like --date once for each line of DATEFILE\n\
138 if (POSIX2_VERSION < 200112)
140 -ITIMESPEC, --iso-8601[=TIMESPEC] output date/time in ISO 8601 format.\n\
141 -I (obsolete) same as -Idate\n\
145 -I TIMESPEC, --iso-8601[=TIMESPEC] output date/time in ISO 8601 format.\n\
148 TIMESPEC=`date' (or missing) for date only,\n\
149 `hours', `minutes', or `seconds' for date and\n\
150 time to the indicated precision.\n\
153 -r, --reference=FILE display the last modification time of FILE\n\
154 -R, --rfc-822 output RFC-822 compliant date string\n\
155 -s, --set=STRING set time described by STRING\n\
156 -u, --utc, --universal print or set Coordinated Universal Time\n\
158 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
159 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
162 FORMAT controls the output. The only valid option for the second form\n\
163 specifies Coordinated Universal Time. Interpreted sequences are:\n\
166 %a locale's abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat)\n\
169 %A locale's full weekday name, variable length (Sunday..Saturday)\n\
170 %b locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)\n\
171 %B locale's full month name, variable length (January..December)\n\
172 %c locale's date and time (Sat Nov 04 12:02:33 EST 1989)\n\
175 %C century (year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer) [00-99]\n\
176 %d day of month (01..31)\n\
177 %D date (mm/dd/yy)\n\
178 %e day of month, blank padded ( 1..31)\n\
181 %F same as %Y-%m-%d\n\
182 %g the 2-digit year corresponding to the %V week number\n\
183 %G the 4-digit year corresponding to the %V week number\n\
189 %j day of year (001..366)\n\
195 %M minute (00..59)\n\
199 %p locale's upper case AM or PM indicator\n\
200 %P locale's lower case am or pm indicator\n\
201 %r time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss [AP]M)\n\
202 %R time, 24-hour (hh:mm)\n\
203 %s seconds since `00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC' (a GNU extension)\n\
206 %S second (00..60)\n\
207 %t a horizontal tab\n\
208 %T time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)\n\
209 %u day of week (1..7); 1 represents Monday\n\
212 %U week number of year with Sunday as first day of week (00..53)\n\
213 %V week number of year with Monday as first day of week (01..53)\n\
214 %w day of week (0..6); 0 represents Sunday\n\
215 %W week number of year with Monday as first day of week (00..53)\n\
218 %x locale's date representation (mm/dd/yy)\n\
219 %X locale's time representation (%H:%M:%S)\n\
220 %y last two digits of year (00..99)\n\
224 %z RFC-822 style numeric timezone (-0500) (a nonstandard extension)\n\
225 %Z time zone (e.g., EDT), or nothing if no time zone is determinable\n\
227 By default, date pads numeric fields with zeroes. GNU date recognizes\n\
228 the following modifiers between `%' and a numeric directive.\n\
230 `-' (hyphen) do not pad the field\n\
231 `_' (underscore) pad the field with spaces\n\
233 puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>."));
238 /* Parse each line in INPUT_FILENAME as with --date and display each
239 resulting time and date. If the file cannot be opened, tell why
240 then exit. Issue a diagnostic for any lines that cannot be parsed.
241 If any line cannot be parsed, return nonzero; otherwise return zero. */
244 batch_convert (const char *input_filename, const char *format)
253 if (strcmp (input_filename, "-") == 0)
255 input_filename = _("standard input");
260 in_stream = fopen (input_filename, "r");
261 if (in_stream == NULL)
263 error (1, errno, "`%s'", input_filename);
272 line_length = getline (&line, &buflen, in_stream);
275 /* FIXME: detect/handle error here. */
279 when = get_date (line, NULL);
283 if (line[line_length - 1] == '\n')
284 line[line_length - 1] = '\0';
285 error (0, 0, _("invalid date `%s'"), line);
290 show_date (format, when);
294 if (fclose (in_stream) == EOF)
295 error (2, errno, "`%s'", input_filename);
304 main (int argc, char **argv)
307 const char *datestr = NULL;
308 const char *set_datestr = NULL;
312 char *batch_file = NULL;
313 char *reference = NULL;
314 struct stat refstats;
317 int option_specified_date;
319 program_name = argv[0];
320 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
321 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
322 textdomain (PACKAGE);
324 close_stdout_set_status (2);
325 atexit (close_stdout);
327 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, short_options, long_options, NULL))
340 if (POSIX2_VERSION < 200112 && OBSOLETE_OPTION_WARNINGS
341 && ! optarg && ! getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT"))
343 _("warning: `-I' option is obsolete; use `--iso-8601'"));
345 case ISO_8601_OPTION:
346 iso_8601_format = (optarg
347 ? XARGMATCH ("--iso-8601", optarg,
348 time_spec_string, time_spec)
358 set_datestr = optarg;
362 /* POSIX says that `date -u' is equivalent to setting the TZ
363 environment variable, so this option should do nothing other
365 if (putenv ("TZ=UTC0") != 0)
369 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
370 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
375 n_args = argc - optind;
377 option_specified_date = ((datestr ? 1 : 0)
378 + (batch_file ? 1 : 0)
379 + (reference ? 1 : 0));
381 if (option_specified_date > 1)
384 _("the options to specify dates for printing are mutually exclusive"));
388 if (set_date && option_specified_date)
391 _("the options to print and set the time may not be used together"));
397 error (0, 0, _("too many non-option arguments: %s%s"),
398 argv[optind + 1], n_args == 2 ? "" : " ...");
402 if ((set_date || option_specified_date)
403 && n_args == 1 && argv[optind][0] != '+')
406 the argument `%s' lacks a leading `+';\n\
407 When using an option to specify date(s), any non-option\n\
408 argument must be a format string beginning with `+'."),
413 /* Simply ignore --rfc-822 if specified when setting the date. */
414 if (rfc_format && !set_date && n_args > 0)
417 _("a format string may not be specified when using\
418 the --rfc-822 (-R) option"));
423 datestr = set_datestr;
425 if (batch_file != NULL)
427 status = batch_convert (batch_file,
428 (n_args == 1 ? argv[optind] + 1 : NULL));
434 if (!option_specified_date && !set_date)
436 if (n_args == 1 && argv[optind][0] != '+')
438 /* Prepare to set system clock to the specified date/time
439 given in the POSIX-format. */
441 datestr = argv[optind];
442 when = posixtime (datestr,
443 PDS_TRAILING_YEAR | PDS_CENTURY | PDS_SECONDS);
448 /* Prepare to print the current date/time. */
449 datestr = _("undefined");
451 format = (n_args == 1 ? argv[optind] + 1 : NULL);
456 /* (option_specified_date || set_date) */
457 if (reference != NULL)
459 if (stat (reference, &refstats))
460 error (1, errno, "%s", reference);
461 when = refstats.st_mtime;
465 when = get_date (datestr, NULL);
468 format = (n_args == 1 ? argv[optind] + 1 : NULL);
472 error (1, 0, _("invalid date `%s'"), datestr);
476 /* Set the system clock to the specified date, then regardless of
477 the success of that operation, format and print that date. */
478 if (stime (&when) == -1)
480 error (0, errno, _("cannot set date"));
485 show_date (format, when);
491 /* Display the date and/or time in WHEN according to the format specified
492 in FORMAT, followed by a newline. If FORMAT is NULL, use the
493 standard output format (ctime style but with a timezone inserted). */
496 show_date (const char *format, time_t when)
500 size_t out_length = 0;
501 /* ISO 8601 formats. See below regarding %z */
502 static char const * const iso_format_string[] =
507 "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"
510 tm = localtime (&when);
514 /* Print the date in the default format. Vanilla ANSI C strftime
515 doesn't support %e, but POSIX requires it. If you don't use
516 a GNU strftime, make sure yours supports %e.
517 If you are not using GNU strftime, you want to change %z
518 in the RFC format to %Z; this gives, however, an invalid
519 RFC time format outside the continental United States and GMT. */
522 format = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z";
523 else if (iso_8601_format)
524 format = iso_format_string[iso_8601_format - 1];
527 char *date_fmt = DATE_FMT_LANGINFO ();
528 /* Do not wrap the following literal format string with _(...).
529 For example, suppose LC_ALL is unset, LC_TIME="POSIX",
530 and LANG="ko_KR". In that case, POSIX says that LC_TIME
531 determines the format and contents of date and time strings
532 written by date, which means "date" must generate output
533 using the POSIX locale; but adding _() would cause "date"
534 to use a Korean translation of the format. */
535 format = *date_fmt ? date_fmt : "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y";
538 else if (*format == '\0')
548 out = (char *) xrealloc (out, out_length);
550 /* Mark the first byte of the buffer so we can detect the case
551 of strftime producing an empty string. Otherwise, this loop
552 would not terminate when date was invoked like this
553 `LANG=de date +%p' on a system with good language support. */
557 setlocale (LC_ALL, "C");
559 done = (strftime (out, out_length, format, tm) || out[0] == '\0');
562 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
568 printf ("%s\n", out);