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<p><strong><code>dav date [url]</code></strong></p>
<p>The purpose of this command is to get the current date from a server and print it to stdout (HTTP date format). This in useful in combination with the <strong><code>-u</code></strong> option for the <code>list</code> and <code>get</code> command.</p>
<p>The <em>url</em> can be any http url. If no <em>url</em> is specified, the local time is used.</p>
<h3 id="example-incremental-dav-get">Example: incremental dav get</h3>
<p>It is possible to download only resources, which are modified since a specified date. The <em>date</em> command allows you to easily store the date of the last <em>get</em>.</p>
<pre><code>$ dav get -R myserv/col/
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$ dav date myserv &gt; last_get</code></pre>
<p>After some resources are changed on the server, you can download only the modified files.</p>
<pre><code>$ dav get -R -u `cat last_get` myserv/col/</code></pre>
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