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[[Multics]] was a multi-user operating system from [[Honeywell]] that was a major inspiration for Unix. It had the following time and date related active functions which could be entered either directly on the command line or embedded in other commands using square brackets: '''date''', '''time''', '''date_time''', '''year''', '''month''' (number), '''month_name''', '''day '''(number), '''day_name''', '''hour''', '''minute'''.<ref>{{cite web| author=<!-- not stated --> | title=Multics Pocket Guide: Commands and Active Functions| date=April 1980 | url=https://multicians.org/multics-commands.html | website=www.bitsavers.org | publisher=Honeywelll|access-date=May 1, 2025}}</ref>

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