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In POSIX time format, the argument should be in the form [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS] where each pair of letters represents the following:

CC The first two digits of the year (the century).
YY The second two digits of the year.
MM The month of the year, from 1 to 12.
DD the day of the month, from 1 to 31.
hh The hour of the day, from 0 to 23.
mm The minute of the hour, from 0 to 59.
SS The second of the minute, from 0 to 61.

If the CC and YY letter pairs are not specified, the values default to the current year. If the SS letter pair is not specified, the value defaults to 0.

Examples:

10:00 AM on Aug 23 2004: 200408231000
11:30 PM on Sep 01 2006: 200609012330
12:00 PM on this Oct 09: 10091200

Some utilities which require [[POSIX time]], such as the [[at]] scheduler, will also understand a time specified with no date at all; or may understand esoteric keywords such as '''now''', '''noon''', '''midnight''', etc. But none of those are actually part of the POSIX time standard; the standard itself requires month, day, hour, and minutes, with century, year, and seconds optional.

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   hh      The hour of the day, from 0 to 23.
   mm      The minute of the hour, from 0 to 59.
-  SS      The second of the minute, from 0 to 61.
+  SS      The second of the minute, from 0 to 59.
 If the CC and YY letter pairs are not specified, the values default to the current year.  If the SS letter pair is not specified, the value defaults to 0.

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-In POSIX time format, the argument should be in the form [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS] where each pair of letters represents the following:
+In [[POSIX time format]], the argument should be in the form [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS] where each pair of letters represents the following:
   CC      The first two digits of the year (the century).
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-Some utilities which require [[POSIX time]], such as the [[at]] scheduler, will also understand a time specified with no date at all; or may understand esoteric keywords such as '''now''', '''noon''', '''midnight''', etc.  But none of those are actually part of the POSIX time standard; the standard itself requires month, day, hour, and minutes, with century, year, and seconds optional.
+Some utilities which require [[POSIX time]], such as the [[at]] scheduler, will also understand a time specified with no date at all; or may understand esoteric keywords such as '''now''', '''noon''', '''midnight''', etc.  But none of those are actually part of the '''POSIX time''' standard; the standard itself requires month, day, hour, and minutes, with century, year, and seconds optional.
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