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showdate(1m)

DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES
EXIT STATUS
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO

NAME

showdate - display the date and time for the system controller (SC) or a domain

SYNOPSIS

showdate [-d domain_indicator] [-u ] [-v ]

showdate -h

DESCRIPTION

showdate (1M) displays the SC's current date and time. Optionally, showdate displays domain time of day.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-d domain_indicator

Specifies the domain using one of the following:

domain_id - ID for a domain. Valid domain_ids are A-R and are not case sensitive.

domain_tag - Name assigned to a domain using addtag(1M).

-h

Help. Displays usage descriptions. Note – Use alone. Any option specified in addition to -h is ignored.

-u

Interprets and displays the time using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The default is the local time zone.

-v

Verbose. Displays all available command information.

You must have platform administrator, platform operator, or platform service privileges to display the date on the SC. You must have domain administrator or domain configurator privileges for the specified domain to display the domain date.

Refer to Chapter 2, "SMS Security Options and Administrative Privileges" in the System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 Administrator Guide for more information.

EXAMPLES

Example 1. Showing the Current Local Date in Pacific Standard Time

sc0:sms-user:> showdate 
System Controller: Sat Feb 2 15:23:21 PST 2002

Example 2. Showing the Current Date Using GMT

sc0:sms-user:> showdate -u 
System Controller: Sat Feb 2 23:23:21 GMT 2002

Example 3. Showing the Current Local Date on Domain A in Pacific Standard Time

sc0:sms-user:> showdate -d a 
Domain a: Sat Feb 2 15:33:20 PST 2002

Example 4. Showing the Current Date on Domain A Using GMT

sc0:sms-user:> showdate -d a -u 
Domain a: Sat Feb 2 23:33:20 GMT 2002

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0: Successful completion.
>0: An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes.

Attribute Types	Attribute Values
Availability	SUNWSMSop

SYNOPSIS

Group Privileges Required