Le 27/08/2016 à 13:46, Brynn a écrit :
> Out of curiosity, this must be a code for something?  $ date --utc

Yes. The actual code is only after the dollar sign: `date --utc`. The
dollar sign indicates that it is a command for a Unix shell (as a normal
user, without ‘root’ rights, otherwise it's a #).
When you'll have a free operating system, you'll be able to type such
commands in a nice ugly window called ‘Terminal emulator’ or something
like that, and see the result.
The first word is the name of a command or program, while the other
words are parameters, just as in:
$ inkscape -e flat.png mydocument.svg

> (I would guess that most people here, I mean all people, not just internet 
> users, don't even know what UTC is.  Although if you explained it, they 
> would probably say they vaguely remember about learning in school.  Internet 
> users are probably more aware than non-users.)

Ow. At school, I never heard of UTC; I only learned GMT. I searched the
difference quite recently but forgot.
UTC is often a reference in computers, even without Internet (what is a
non-Internet user?). See:
$ man date
$ man 2 time
--
Sylvain

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