Calendar and date via terminal ubuntu

viewing the Calendar via terminal ubuntu, open your teminal, applications - accessories - terminal.
and type :
for calendar

~$ cal

see below :

retnet@retnet:~$ cal
   February 2011
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
       1  2  3  4  5
 6  7  8  9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28

retnet@retnet:~$

for date

~$ date

calendar via terminal