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# Format And Print The Current Date And Time
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If I run the `date` command from the terminal, I get output like the following:
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```bash
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$ date
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Fri Jan 22 13:45:44 CST 2021
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```
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If I want to format the date output different, perhaps for inclusion in a shell
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script, I can do something like this:
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```bash
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$ date +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S"
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2021/01/22 13:47:55
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```
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Then I can incorporate that in a script like this:
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```bash
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now() {
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echo "Today: $(date +'%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S')"
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}
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```
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This
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[page](https://www.tutorialkart.com/bash-shell-scripting/bash-date-format-options-examples/)
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includes some examples and a page of formatting options.
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