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Output: Today is day 078 of the year 2025 and it’s a Wednesday

*-d "''datestring''" or --date=''"datestring"'' Displays the quoted date. Can be used with the + flag. Date strings consist of ''calendar date items'' which express day month and year, ''and time of day items'' which express hour:minute:second''.'' Either item group is optional and they may appear in either order.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Date input formats |url= https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Date-input-formats.htmlwebsite=gnu.org |publisher=gnu.org |access-date=Mar 20, 2025}} </ref> Times and dates can be adjusted using ''relative item'' expressions such as + or - ''time unit'' as well as keywords such as ''now, yesterday, tomorrow, previous, next, first and last.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Relative items in date strings |url= https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Relative-items-in-date-strings.html|website=gnu.org |publisher=gnu.org |access-date=Mar 20, 2025}}</ref>

''Examples:''