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<refentrytitle>nowutc</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refname>nowutc</refname>
<refpurpose>print the current UTC time</refpurpose>
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<command>nowutc</command>
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<title>Description</title>

<para>
<command>nowutc</command> prints the current UTC time as determined by the Bernstein libtai library.
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<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
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<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>date</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<listitem><para>print the date</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<title>History</title>
<para>
<command>nowutc</command> was originally part of <personname><firstname>Daniel</firstname> <othername>J.</othername> <surname>Bernstein</surname></personname>'s libtai toolset in 1999.
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<title>Author</title>
<para>
Original code and documentation by <personname><firstname>Daniel</firstname> <othername>J.</othername> <surname>Bernstein</surname></personname>.
Documentation modernizations by <personname><firstname>Jonathan</firstname> <surname>de Boyne Pollard</surname></personname>.
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