Date of the Linux command

Date Usage 1:

Format: Date [OPTION] ... [+format]

FORMAT controls the output. Interpreted sequences is:


Percent a literal%

%a Locale ' s abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun)

%A locale ' s full weekday name (e.g., Sunday)

%b Locale ' s abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan)

%B locale ' s full month name (e.g., January)

%c locale ' s date and time (e.g., Thu Mar 3 23:05:25 2005)

%c century; Like%Y, except omit the last of the digits (e.g., 20)

%d day of month (e.g., 01)

%d date; Same as%m/%d/%y

%e Day of month, space padded; Same as%_d

%F full date; Same as%y-%m-%d

%g last digits of the year of the ISO week number (see%G)

%G year of the ISO week number (see%V); Normally useful only with%V

%h Same as%b

%H Hour (00..23)

%I Hour (01..12)

%j Day of the Year (001..366)

%k Hour, Space padded (0..23); Same as%_h

%l Hour, Space padded (1..12); Same as%_i

%m Month (01..12)

%M minute (00..59)

%n a newline

%N nanoseconds (000000000..999999999)


%p locale ' s equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known


%P like%P, but lower case


%r locale ' s 12-hour clock time (e.g., 11:11:04 PM)


%R 24-hour hour and minute; Same as%h:%m


%s seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC


%s second (00..60)


%t a tab


%T time; Same as%h:%m:%s


%u day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday


%u week number of year, with Sunday as First day of week (00..53)


%V ISO Week number, with Monday as First day of week (01..53)


%w Day of Week (0..6); 0 is Sunday

%W Week number of year, with Monday as First day of week (00..53)


%x locale ' s date representation (e.g., 12/31/99)


%x locale ' s time representation (e.g., 23:13:48)


%y last digits of the year (00..99)


%Y year


%z +hhmm numeric time zone (e.g.,-0400)


%:z +hh:mm numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00)


%::z +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00:00)


%:::z numeric time zone with:to necessary precision (e.g.,-04, +05:30)


%Z Alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT)


By default, the date pads numeric fields with zeroes. The following optional flags may follow '% ':


-(hyphen) do not pad the field


_ (underscore) pad with spaces


0 (zero) pad with zeros


^ Use upper case if possible


# Use opposite case if possible

For example:

1. Day of the Month

$ date +%y%m%d20150107

2. Year date, only after two

~$ Date +%y%m%d150107

3. Hour minute seconds

~$ Date +%h%m%s233045

4. Date and Time

~$ Date +%y%m%d%h%m%s20150107233145

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Date of the Linux command