date
From Initq
Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date.
date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT] The + sign is only used for format.
The format is [MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss]
- Example
date 102020122009.00
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Universal Time
qais@qais:~$ date -u Tue Nov 3 18:29:05 UTC 2009
AM/PM format
qais@qais:~$ date +%T%p 12:40:26PM
[root@initq test]# date '+%y' 10 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y' 2010 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m' 201003 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d' 20100331 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%h' 20100331Mar [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%H' 2010033120 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%H%d' 201003312031 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%H%d%s' 2010033120311270084280 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%H%d%S' 20100331203125
Show old dates
root@initq:~# date --date='20 seconds ago' Sat Jul 9 01:20:00 CDT 2011 root@initq:~# date --date='1 day ago' Fri Jul 8 01:20:29 CDT 2011 root@initq:~# date --date='1 month 2 hours ago' Mon Aug 8 23:21:07 CDT 2011 root@initq:~# date --date='10 month 2 hours ago 2 days ago' Sun May 6 23:21:32 CDT 2012
Show future dates
root@initq:~# date --date='20 years 50 days' Thu Aug 28 01:26:55 CDT 2031 root@initq:~# date --date='1000 years 50 days' Wed Aug 28 01:27:32 CDT 3011 root@initq:~# date --date='this wednesday' Wed Jul 13 00:00:00 CDT 2011
