TIME (command)

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In computing, TIME is a command in DEC RT-11,{{cite web |url=http://paleoferrosaurus.com/beta/documents/rt11help.html#TIME |title=RT-11 HELP FILE |website=paleoferrosaurus.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041552/http://paleoferrosaurus.com/beta/documents/rt11help.html |archive-date=2018-07-17}} DOS, IBM OS/2,{{cite web |url=http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php#TIME |title=JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands |website=www.jatomes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php |archive-date=2019-04-14}} Microsoft Windows[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491015.aspx Microsoft TechNet Time article] and a number of other operating systems that is used to display and set the current system time.[https://www.computerhope.com/timehlp.htm MS-DOS and Windows command line time command] It is included in command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS, 4OS2 and 4NT.

Implementations

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The command is also available in the Motorola VERSAdos,[http://bitsavers.org/pdf/motorola/versados/M68KVSF_D7_VERSAdosSysFacilities_Oct85.pdf M68000 Family VERSAdos System Facilities Reference Manual] Intel iRMX 86,[https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_inteliRMX1_19819263 iRMX™86 INTRODUCTION AND OPERATOR'S REFERENCE MANUAL For Release 6] PC-MOS,[https://github.com/roelandjansen/pcmos386v501/blob/master/DOCS/v4/PCMOSv4UserManual.pdf PC-MOS User Guide] SpartaDOS X,

[http://sdx.atari8.info/sdx_files/4.48/SDX448_User_Guide.pdf SpartaDOS X 4.48 User Guide] ReactOS,{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/base/shell/cmd/time.c|title = Reactos/Time.c at master · reactos/Reactos|website = GitHub|date = 19 February 2022}} SymbOS, and DexOS operating systems as well as in the EFI shell.{{cite web

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}} On MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later.{{Cite book|author-last=Wolverton|author-first=Van|title=Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition|date=2003|publisher=Microsoft Press|isbn=0-7356-1812-7}}

In Unix, the date command displays and sets both the time and date, in a similar manner.

Syntax

The syntax differs depending on the specific platform and implementation:

=DOS=

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TIME [time]

=OS/2 (CMD.EXE)=

TIME [hh-mm-ss] [/N]

Note: /N means no prompt for TIME.

=Windows (CMD.EXE)=

TIME [/T | time]

When this command is called from the command line or a batch script, it will display the time and wait for the user to type a new time and press RETURN. Pressing RETURN without entering a new time will keep the current system time. The parameter '/T' will bypass asking the user to reset the time. The '/T' parameter is supported in Windows Vista and later and only if Command Extensions are enabled.