docs/src/date.md

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:48:27 +0100

author
Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de>
date
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:48:27 +0100
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davql: allow ANYWHERE keyword in SELECT statements

This may seem pointless, but users might want to be explicit about this and the grammar is more consistent.

This commit also adds some no-ops to the functions body of the SET parser, because some day the grammar might allow more clauses after the WHERE clause.

---
title: 'dav date'
---

**`dav date [url]`**

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 **`-u`** option for the `list` and `get` command.

The *url* can be any http url. If no *url* is specified, the local time is used.

### Example: incremental dav get

It is possible to download only resources, which are modified since a specified date. The *date* command allows you to easily store the date of the last *get*.

	$ dav get -R myserv/col/
	...
	$ dav date myserv > last_get
	
After some resources are changed on the server, you can download only the modified files.

	$ dav get -R -u `cat last_get` myserv/col/


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