The date command for the Linux Basic command

1. Time Command: Date

The pass parameter to the date command applies ' + ' (plus), in the passed argument

%y represents the year

%m represents the Month

%d indicates days

%h = Hour (indicates the time is 00-23)

%m = minutes

%s = seconds

%s (the number of seconds to represent the Unix timestamp)

1.1 For example Date +%y-%m-%d

The result of this on my machine is:

The output of the date command is formatted with the passed parameters for the current time

1.2 For example date + '%y-%m-%d%h:%m:%s '

1.3 Getting the Unix timestamp for the current time

Date +%s

1.4 Using the date command to get a UNIX timestamp at a specific time

This shows the Unix timestamp for October 8, 2014.

The date command for the Linux Basic command