Difference between revisions of "date command"
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# '''date +%H.%M.%S''' ~ | # '''date +%H.%M.%S''' ~ | ||
23.00.20 | 23.00.20 | ||
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| + | current date in epoch | ||
| + | $ date +%s | ||
| + | 1505537832 | ||
| + | |||
| + | date string to epoch | ||
| + | $ date -d '15Sep2017' +%s | ||
| + | 1505451600 | ||
| + | |||
| + | epoch to human readable date | ||
| + | $ date -d @1505537832 +%Y-%m-%d | ||
| + | 2017-09-15 | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 18 September 2017
to get a formatted date command, just append a + followed by format denotations. Just type in what characters you want to divide the parameters by. Dash, dot, ect...
just give me the year!
# date +%Y 2013
year, month, day...
# date +%Y-%m-%d ~ 2013-08-01
just give me the time!
# date +%H.%M.%S ~ 23.00.20
current date in epoch
$ date +%s 1505537832
date string to epoch
$ date -d '15Sep2017' +%s 1505451600
epoch to human readable date
$ date -d @1505537832 +%Y-%m-%d 2017-09-15
