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.TH DATEFUDGE "1" "February 4th, 2017" "datefudge @VERSION@" Debian
.SH NAME
datefudge \- pretend the system time is different
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdatefudge\fR [\fI\-s\fR|\fI\-\-static\fR] \fIat_date program\fR [\fIarguments\fR ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBdatefudge\fR is a small utility that pretends that the system time is different
by pre-loading a small library which modifies the
\fBtime\fR(2), \fBgettimeofday\fR(2) and \fBclock_gettime\fR(2) system calls.
.SH DATE FORMAT
The \fIat_date\fP argument can be given in any format accepted by the \fBdate\fP(1)
program, for example "2007\-04\-01 12:21" or "yesterday", or "next Friday".
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-static\fR, \fB\-s\fR
Mark the date as a `static' one.  The above mentioned system calls will always return
the date given in the \fIat_date\fP argument, regardless of time passing. See EXAMPLES
 below.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR, \fB\-h\fR
Print short usage information and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR, \fB\-v\fR
Print version information and exit.
.SH EXAMPLES
.SS Basic examples:
.nf
\fI$ datefudge "2007\-04\-01 10:23" date \-R\fR
Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:23:00 +0200

\fI$ datefudge "1 May 2007" date \-R\fR
Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0200

\fI$ datefudge "2 weeks ago" date \-R\fR
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:32:12 +0100
.fi
.SS Non-static vs. static example:
.nf
\fI$ datefudge "2007\-04\-01 10:23" sh \-c "\fBsleep 3\fI; date \-R"\fR
Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:23:\fB03\fR +0200

\fI$ datefudge \fB\-\-static\fI "2007\-04\-01 10:23" sh \-c "\fBsleep 3\fI; date \-R"\fR
Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:23:\fB00\fR +0200
.fi
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@noris.de>. Modified by
Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>.
.SH BUGS
There is no attempt to make this change undetectable by the program.
In particular, file modification times are \fBnot\fR modified.
.PP
On systems using 32-bit representation of time, \fBdatefudge\fR is affected by the year
2038 problem, which might cause dates to be wrapped around, for instance:
.nf
\fI$ TZ=UTC datefudge "\fB2038\fR\fI\-01\-19 03:14:07" sh \-c "sleep 1; date \-R"\fR
Fri Dec 13 20:45:53 UTC \fB1901\fR
.fi
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2003 by Matthias Urlichs.
.br
Copyright \(co 2008-2017 by Robert Luberda.
.PP
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  You may redistribute copies of datefudge under the
terms of the GNU General Public License.
.br
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBdate\fR(1), \fBld.so\fR(1), \fBtime\fR(2), \fBgettimeofday\fR(2), \fBclock_gettime\fR(2)