DATE

    The first NNTP working group discussed and proposed a syntax for
this
    command to help
    clients find out the current time from the server's perspective.
    At the time this command was discussed (1991-1992), the
    Network Time Protocol [9] (NTP) was not yet in wide use and there
    was also some concern that small systems may not be able to make
    effective use of NTP.

    This command returns a one-line response code of 111 followed
    by the  GMT date and time on the server in the form
    YYYYMMDDhhmmss.

NNTP-Ext 3.2.1 Responses

        111 YYYYMMDDhhmmss