Quick linux permissions question

[Curio]

I'm doing a intro to Linux type class. A couple of the exercises use the date command just for something to output - simple I/O redirection stuff. Problem is, whenever I try and use date/time I keep getting permission denied, even if I use sudo. Am I doing something daft? thanks!

 

[shine]

Post an example of the command. I would assume you're redirecting the output to a file/directory that you cannot access.

What happens when you run this:

date > /tmp/date.txt