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#  pmdate(1) — Linux manual page

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    _PMDATE_(1)                General Commands Manual               _PMDATE_(1)
    

##  NAME  top

    
    
           **pmdate** - display an offset date
    

##  SYNOPSIS  top

    
    
           **pmdate**[_offset_ ...]  _format_
    

##  DESCRIPTION  top

    
    
           **pmdate** displays the current date and/or time, with an optional
           offset.
    
           An _offset_ is specified with a leading sign (``+'' or ``-''),
           followed by an integer value, followed by one of the following
           ``scale'' specifiers;
    
           S      seconds
           M      minutes
           H      hours
           d      days
           m      months
           y      years
    
           The output _format_ follows the same rules as for [date(1)](../man1/date.1.html) and
           [strftime(3)](../man3/strftime.3.html).
    
           For example, the following will display the date a week ago as
           DDMMYYYY;
                   pmdate -7d %d%m%Y
    

##  PCP ENVIRONMENT  top

    
    
           Environment variables with the prefix **PCP_** are used to
           parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP.  On each
           installation, the file _/etc/pcp.conf_ contains the local values
           for these variables.  The **$PCP_CONF** variable may be used to
           specify an alternative configuration file, as described in
           [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html).
    

##  SEE ALSO  top

    
    
           [date(1)](../man1/date.1.html), [strftime(3)](../man3/strftime.3.html), [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html) and [pcp.env(5)](../man5/pcp.env.5.html).
    

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           page, send it to pcp@groups.io.  This page was obtained from the
           project's upstream Git repository
           â¨<https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp.git>â© on 2023-12-22.
           (At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found
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           man-pages@man7.org
    
    Performance Co-Pilot               PCP                         _PMDATE_(1)
    

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