diff --git a/bin/date b/bin/date
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/date
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#    date - print the date in YYYY-MM-DD format
+#    Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+printf "\005Y-\005m-\005d "
diff --git a/bin/time b/bin/time
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..85cf8673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/time
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#    time - print the time in HH:MM:SS format
+#    Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+printf "\0050c:\005s"