Linux/Basic commands/date (Unix command)
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date
command allows to print or set the system date and time.
Basic Examples
edit$ date -d now Wed Aug 18 16:47:31 EDT 2019 $ date -d today Wed Aug 18 16:47:32 EDT 2019 $ date -d yesterday Tue Aug 17 16:47:33 EDT 2019 $ date -d tomorrow Thu Aug 19 16:46:34 EDT 2019 $ date -d sunday Sun Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019 $ date -d last-sunday Sun Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019 Other valid date time strings include: last-week, next-week, last-month, next-month, last-year, and next-year. $ date +%b Aug $ date +%B August MacOS: $ date +%F_-%T 2019-08-03_-09:14:54
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date
man page: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/date.1.html