dvbdate(1)
β¨ dvbdate β¨
okay bestie, gather round, because this one is adorable and also extremely niche π it's a page from the General Commands Manual, and the star of the show is a little program called dvbdate.
πΈ NAME πΈ
dvbdate β a program to show the actual time.
like. that's it. that's the whole job. and honestly? iconic. π
π SYNOPSIS π
dvbdate [options]
no positional args, no drama, just vibes and options π¦
π DESCRIPTION π
This manual page documents briefly the dvbdate commands.
dvbdate is a program to show the actual time.
ngl that's the entire description. it shows you the actual time. short queen behaviour π
β¨ OPTIONS β¨
-a,--adapterβ which adapter to use, bestie. default:0-p,--printβ prints the current time, the received time, and the delta. yes, all three. the receipts πβ¨-s,--setβ sets the system clock to the received time. lowkey powerful, handle with care π«Ά-f,--forceβ forces the setting of the clock. it's giving "i said what i said" π-q,--quietβ be silent. not a peep. π€«-h,--helpβ displays this message-t,--timeoutn β max seconds to wait, default:25
This manual page was written by Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@gmx.de>. π«Ά
and that's the whole page, bestie!! it came from the General Commands Manual, stamped February 14, 2010 (valentine's day, how romantic ππ), and it's for dvbdate(1) β so go show someone the actual time. slay. πβ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: dvb-apps 1.1.1+rev1500-1.4
- debian trixie: dvb-apps 1.1.1+rev1500-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: dvb-apps 1.1.1+rev1500-1.4
- ubuntu noble: dvb-apps 1.1.1+rev1500-1.4build3
- ubuntu questing: dvb-apps 1.1.1+rev1500-2
- ubuntu resolute: dvb-apps 1.1.1+rev1500-2.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: dvb-apps 1.1.1+rev1500-2.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms