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How To Get / Print Current Date in Unix / Linux Shell Script

last updated December 18, 2018 in BASH Shell, Linux, UNIX

How do I get the current date in Unix or Linux shell scripting and store it into a shell variable? How do I print the current date using Unix shell script? How can I display the current time in Linux shell script?

Display Date And Time In Linux

last updated November 7, 2009 in BASH Shell, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Ubuntu Linux

How do I display date and time in Linux using command line and GUI options?