This article spotlights alternative tools to date.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to date | |
|---|---|
| datemath | Date and time math utility |
| rdate | Retrieve date and time from other machines |
| qtime | Clock coded in Rust |
| hodie | The classic Latin replacement for date |
| bttf | datetime arithmetic, parsing, formatting |
| dateutils | Collection of command line utilities |
| dtg | date/time CLI utility and library |
Are we missing any open source alternatives to date? Please let us know.
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // file // find // free // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // stow // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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