Cane I get a future date with date command?

[pjb]

Is ther a way to return The date +7 days with the date command?

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:

TZ=X-168 date

Depending on your timezone, you may have to adjust 168 offset.
BTW, 168 = 7 * 24

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[pjb]

Thanks,
Taht'l do it. 163 works for eastern time

 

[aigles]

With GNU date command, you can easily works with dates.
In your case :

date --date='7 days'

Jean Pierre.