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*<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Computing|list of Computing-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Shellwood|Shellwood]] ([[User talk:Shellwood|talk]]) 16:06, 26 April 2025 (UTC)</small>
* '''Redirect''' to [[System time#Retrieving system time]], as is the case with ''[[Date (command)]]''. [[User:DigitalIceAge|DigitalIceAge]] ([[User talk:DigitalIceAge|talk]]) 02:28, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
* '''Delete''' – Summarising what I wrote on the talk page when the article appeared in the new pages feed a month ago,
::When I first saw this article it reminded me of the Wikipedia Manual of Style which says: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedic reference, not an instruction manual, guidebook, or textbook" ([[WP:NOTHOW]]). So I tried to find information elsewhere about date (unix command) to see where the idea came from, who wrote the code, how has it developed over time etc etc but I didn’t find anything. There are articles for [[echo (command)]], [[dirname]] and [[pwd]], amongst others. They are less about teaching readers the syntax, and more about explaining the context, so I can see why they are there. If this article stays, then it needs far more background information to turn it into an encyclopedia article.
:I'm very sceptical that more background information will come to light, hence my !vote to delete. --[[User:Northernhenge|Northernhenge]] ([[User talk:Northernhenge|talk]]) 22:13, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
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