Below are the format which can be used depending upon the application need
FORMAT controls the output. Interpreted sequences are:
%% a literal % %a localeâs abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun) %A localeâs full weekday name (e.g., Sunday) %b localeâs abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan) %B localeâs full month name (e.g., January) %c localeâs date and time (e.g., Thu Mar 3 23:05:25 2005) %C century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 20) %d day of month (e.g, 01) %D date; same as %m/%d/%y %e day of month, space padded; same as %_d %F full date; same as %Y-%m-%d %g last two digits of year of ISO week number (see %G) %G year of ISO week number (see %V); normally useful only with %V %h same as %b %H hour (00..23) %I hour (01..12) %j day of year (001..366) %k hour ( 0..23) %l hour ( 1..12) %m month (01..12) %M minute (00..59) %n a newline %N nanoseconds (000000000..999999999) %p localeâs equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known %P like %p, but lower case %r localeâs 12-hour clock time (e.g., 11:11:04 PM) %R 24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M %s seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC %S second (00..60) %t a tab %T time; same as %H:%M:%S %u day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday %U week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (00..53) %V ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (01..53) %w day of week (0..6); 0 is Sunday %W week number of year, with Monday as first day of week (00..53) %x localeâs date representation (e.g., 12/31/99) %X localeâs time representation (e.g., 23:13:48) %y last two digits of year (00..99) %Y year %z +hhmm numeric timezone (e.g., -0400) %:z +hh:mm numeric timezone (e.g., -04:00) %::z +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00:00) %:::z numeric time zone with : to necessary precision (e.g., -04,+05:30) %Z alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT)
Below are the format which can be used depending upon the application need
ReplyDeleteFORMAT controls the output. Interpreted sequences are:
%% a literal %
%a localeâs abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun)
%A localeâs full weekday name (e.g., Sunday)
%b localeâs abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan)
%B localeâs full month name (e.g., January)
%c localeâs date and time (e.g., Thu Mar 3 23:05:25 2005)
%C century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 20)
%d day of month (e.g, 01)
%D date; same as %m/%d/%y
%e day of month, space padded; same as %_d
%F full date; same as %Y-%m-%d
%g last two digits of year of ISO week number (see %G)
%G year of ISO week number (see %V); normally useful only with %V
%h same as %b
%H hour (00..23)
%I hour (01..12)
%j day of year (001..366)
%k hour ( 0..23)
%l hour ( 1..12)
%m month (01..12)
%M minute (00..59)
%n a newline
%N nanoseconds (000000000..999999999)
%p localeâs equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known
%P like %p, but lower case
%r localeâs 12-hour clock time (e.g., 11:11:04 PM)
%R 24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M
%s seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
%S second (00..60)
%t a tab
%T time; same as %H:%M:%S
%u day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday
%U week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (00..53)
%V ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (01..53)
%w day of week (0..6); 0 is Sunday
%W week number of year, with Monday as first day of week (00..53)
%x localeâs date representation (e.g., 12/31/99)
%X localeâs time representation (e.g., 23:13:48)
%y last two digits of year (00..99)
%Y year
%z +hhmm numeric timezone (e.g., -0400)
%:z +hh:mm numeric timezone (e.g., -04:00)
%::z +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00:00)
%:::z numeric time zone with : to necessary precision (e.g., -04,+05:30)
%Z alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT)
For example if you want to know the number of days passed in the current year we need to execute
ReplyDelete$ date +%j
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You can also execute with the double quote
$ date "+%j"
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