cheat:date
---
tags: [ date, time ]
---
# To print Abbreviated weekday name:
date +"%a"
# To print Full month name:
date +"%B"
# To print ISO date (same as %Y-%m-%d):
date +"%F"
# To print Time (same as %H:%M:%S):
date +"%T"
# To print Sunday week number (00 to 53):
date +"%U"
# To print Monday week number (00 to 53):
date +"%W"
# To print Time (localized):
date +"%X"
# To print 4-digit year:
date +"%Y"
# To print Timezone name:
date +"%Z"
# To print the date in a format suitable for affixing to file names:
date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"
# To convert a Unix timestamp to Date (Linux):
date -d @1440359821
# To convert a Unix timestamp to Date (OSX):
date -r 1440359821
# To show the current timezone:
date +%Z
# To show date in RFC format with TZ offset:
date -R
# To show date in UTC/GMT:
date -u
# To show date in CET:
TZ=CET date
# To show the time on the west coast of the US (use tzselect(1) to find TZ):
TZ='America/Los_Angeles' date
tldr:date
# date
# Set or display the system date.
# More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/date>.
# Display the current date using the default locale's format:
date +%c
# Display the current date in UTC, using the ISO 8601 format:
date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z
# Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch):
date +%s
# Convert a date specified as a Unix timestamp to the default format:
date -d @1473305798
# Convert a given date to the Unix timestamp format:
date -d "2018-09-01 00:00" +%s --utc
# Display the current date using the RFC-3339 format (`YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss TZ`):
date --rfc-3339=s
# Set the current date using the format `MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss` (`YYYY` and `.ss` are optional):
date 093023592021.59
# Display the current ISO week number:
date +%V
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