date command in linux

 

date command – This command is use to display the system date and time. And also you can set date and time of system.

# date

Sat Mar 23 22:52:55 IST 2019

Set date and time of system

# date -s "Mar 23 2019 22:54:50"

Or,

# date --set "Mar 23 2019 22:54:50"

Print current year

# date +%Y

2019

Print current month

# date +%m

Print current month of date

# date +%d

23

Print current time

# date +%T

22:58:27

Print today Year, Month, Day

# date +%Y-%m-%d

2019-03-23

Print today Year, Month, Day and Time

# date "+%Y-%m-%d %T"

2019-03-23 23:00:38

Print time zone in Alphabetic

# date "+%Y-%m-%d %T %Z"

2019-03-23 23:06:56 IST

Print time zone in Numeric

# date "+%Y-%m-%d %T %z"

2019-03-23 23:07:34 +0530

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