date - print or set the system date and time.
Display the current date and time
date
Display relative date.
date --date="next mon"
date --date='1 month ago'
date --date="yesterday"
date --date="3 minutes ago"
Display universal time
date -u
Displays day of the week (Mon, Tue, Wed ...)
date +%a
Displays day of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...) )
date +%A
Displays month name (Jan, Feb, Mar )
date +%b
Displays month name (January, February, March...)
date +%B
Displays day of month (01,02,03)
date +%d
Displays current date ( MM/DD/YY )
date +%D
Displays current date ( YYYY-MM-DD )
date +%F
Displays hour (00-23)
date +%H
Displays hour (01-12)
date +%I
Displays day of year (001-366)
date +%j
Displays month (01-12)
date +%m
Displays minute (00-59)
date +%M
Displays second (00-60)
date +%S
Displays nanoseconds (000000000..999999999)
date +%N
Displays time ( HH:MM:SS )
date +%T
Displays day of week (1 is Monday, 2 is Tuesday, 3 is Wednesday ... )
date +%u
Displays week number of year
date +%U
Displays full year ( YYYY )
date +%Y
Display alphabetic time zone abbreviation
date +%Z