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unix date commands

 date

     displays the current date and time. (OPTIONAL) 



     Syntax: 



      

             date

             date +<format>

                     <format> may contain the following

                     a       abbreviated day (Sun to Sat)

                     d       day of the month

                     D       date in month/day/year format

                     h       abbreviated month (Jan to Dec)

                     H       hour (00 to 23)

                     j       day of the year (001 to 366)

                     m       month of the year (01 to 12)

                     M       minutes (00-59)

                     r       time in A.M./P.M. notation

                     y       last two digits of year (00 to 99)

                     S       seconds (00 to 59)

                     T       time in hours:minutes:seconds format

                     w       day of the week (0 to 7, Sun=0)

                     n       newline

                     t       tab

           



     Example:



           $ date

           Wed Aug  7 10:44:34 MST 1991

           

           $ date '+%a %t %h %t %y'

           Tue       Dec     93

           

           $ date '+%d%t%D%t%H'

           07        12/07/93                09

           

           $ date '+%r%n%T'

           09:35:16 AM

           09:35:16
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unix date commands
