You can use the date command to set or get the current system date and time. You can display the current time/date in the given FORMAT. The FORMAT controls the output. The FORMAT is as follows to get the current year:
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| Difficulty | Easy (rss) |
| Root privileges | No |
| Requirements | Bash/Ksh |
| Time | N/A |
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%Y : Get year i.e. 1999, 2003 and more.
Syntax
The date command syntax is:
date +"%FORMAT" date +"%y" date +"%Y" |
Examples
Type the following commands:
date +"%Y" date +"%y" ## Store to a shell variable ## mydate=$(date +'%Y') myyear=`date +'%Y'` echo "Year = $mydate" echo "Year = $myyear" |
Sample outputs:
Fig.01: date command in action
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