Format/result | Command | Output ------------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------ YY-MM-DD_hh:mm:ss | date +%F_%T | $(date +%F_%T) YYMMDD_hhmmss | date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S | $(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S) YYMMDD_hhmmss (UTC version) | date --utc +%Y%m%d_%H%M%SZ | $(date --utc +%Y%m%d_%H%M%SZ) YYMMDD_hhmmss (with local TZ) | date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S%Z | $(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S%Z) YYMMDDhhmmss | date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S | $(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S) YYMMDDhhmmssnnnnnnnnn | date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S%N | $(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S%N) Seconds since UNIX epoch: | date +%s | $(date +%s) Nanoseconds only: | date +%N | $(date +%N) Nanoseconds since UNIX epoch: | date +%s%N | $(date +%s%N) ISO8601 UTC timestamp | date --utc +%FT%TZ | $(date --utc +%FT%TZ) ISO8601 Local TZ timestamp | date +%FT%T%Z | $(date +%FT%T%Z) njoy ;-)
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