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5 **`dav date [url]`**
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7 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.
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9 The *url* can be any http url. If no *url* is specified, the local time is used.
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11 ### Example: incremental dav get
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13 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*.
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15 $ dav get -R myserv/col/
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17 $ dav date myserv > last_get
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19 After some resources are changed on the server, you can download only the modified files.
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21 $ dav get -R -u `cat last_get` myserv/col/
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