4.1 System Resources
Syntax
date [options] [+format]
Common Options
-u use Universal Time (or Greenwich Mean Time)
+format specify the output format
%a weekday abbreviation, Sun to Sat
%h month abbreviation, Jan to Dec
%j day of year, 001 to 366
%n <new-line>
%t <TAB>
%y last 2 digits of year, 00 to 99
%D MM/DD/YY date
%H hour, 00 to 23
%M minute, 00 to 59
%S second, 00 to 59
%T HH:MM:SS time
Examples
beauty condron>date
Mon Jun 10 09:01:05 EDT 1996
beauty condron>date -u
Mon Jun 10 13:01:33 GMT 1996
beauty condron>date +%a%t%D
Mon 06/10/96
beauty condron>date '+%y:%j'
96:162