Using the date command to get the current date and time on the system.

   Getting the current system date and time using the date command.  The date command can be use to get the current date and time on the system. The example below show the execution of the date command.

1.  Execute date command without any option can display the current date and time of the system.

        [root@fedora ~]# date

        Wed Jul 18 02:53:56 EDT 2007

        [root@fedora ~]#

Syntax of date command:  date

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