You can use the stat command to view dates and times associated with Linux files, and the date command can do some handy conversions if you’d like to display the current time in the epoch format.

The correct time is crucial to computer systems and subsystems. The wrong time might make it impossible to install new software. Here are four Linux commands to help you manage time.

Some Linux commands can make your time on the command line easier and more productive. This post covers some commands that can come in very handy.

How-to By Linux Format published 1 October 2015 Use aliases, profiles and wildcards to save time in the terminal ...

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The "time" command in Linux is a process timer and does not display the system time. Though counterintuitive, the Linux "date" command displays the time, as well as the date, on a Linux box.

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Displaying Current Time and Date Settings To view the current time and date settings on your Linux system, you can use the timedatectl command without any arguments.

A version in /usr/bin includes more information and allows you to format the output. You easily can override the built-in time command by preceding it with a backslash, as in the examples that follow.

Jack Wallen walks you through creating new users and groups on Linux and adding those new users to the new groups.