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.

Displaying the current date The Linux date command is extremely versatile. You can use it to display dates, times and select date-related values (like the day of the week or time zone) with very ...

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.

Because Java (and Groovy) base their date/time APIs (Date, Date, and Calendar) off of the same epoch starting time as Unix, it is easier to deal with dates and times when writing Groovy scripts in ...

2038 is for Linux what Y2K was for mainframe and PC computing in 2000, but the fixes are underway to make sure all goes well when that fatal time rolls around.

In the January/February 2002 issue of Embedded Linux Journal, we examined the fundamental issues of real time with Linux. In this article we examine efforts to bring real-time capabilities to ...

During restoration work on old systems, the British National Museum of Computing discovered an unexpected problem that could ...