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Basic examples for the Linux date command (learnbyexample.github.io)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I rarely ever use the date command, but when I need it I almost always struggle to get the right incantation. So, wrote a blog post for easy reference.

Do you use a cheatsheet as well?

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[+] [email protected] -6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

date is the command for setting the system date and time from the command line. Nothing to do with formatting, beyond the fact that it presumably applies system locale settings when echoing date-time info.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

$ whatis date

date (1) - print or set the system date and time

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

 date +%Y-%m-%d