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