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date
Display or set system date and time
Syntax
date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]Common Options
+%Y4-digit year+%m2-digit month+%d2-digit day+%HHour (24-hour)+%MMinute+%SSecond+%sUnix timestamp-dSpecify date string-uShow UTC time+%AFull weekday name+%FISO date format+%TTime formatCommon Examples
dateShow current date and time
date +%Y-%m-%dShow date in YYYY-MM-DD
date +%sShow Unix timestamp
date -uShow UTC time
date -d "next Friday"Show next Friday
date -d "2 days ago"Show date 2 days ago
date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"Custom format
date -d @1609459200Convert timestamp to date
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