date
From Initq
Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date.
date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT] The + sign is only used for format.
The format is [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]
- Example
date 102020122009
Universal Time
qais@qais:~$ date -u Tue Nov 3 18:29:05 UTC 2009
AM/PM format
qais@qais:~$ date +%T%p 12:40:26PM
[root@initq test]# date '+%y' 10 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y' 2010 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m' 201003 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d' 20100331 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%h' 20100331Mar [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%H' 2010033120 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%H%d' 201003312031 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%H%d%s' 2010033120311270084280 [root@initq test]# date '+%Y%m%d%H%d%S' 20100331203125
