Linux commands for date and time
date and time commands with options
kodingwindow@kw:~$ date Sunday 31 May 2020 10:52:00 AM IST kodingwindow@kw:~$ uptime 10:53:11 up 8 min, 1 user, load average: 0.65, 1.44, 0.93 kodingwindow@kw:~$ time real 0m0.000s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s kodingwindow@kw:~$ times 0m0.022s 0m0.012s 0m0.021s 0m0.016s
kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +"%D %H:%M:%S" 05/31/20 10:54:52 kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +"%D %H:%M:%s" 05/31/20 10:55:1590902704 kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +"%D %H:%m:%s" 05/31/20 10:05:1590902707 kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +"%D %h:%m:%s" 05/31/20 May:05:1590902711 kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +"%d %h:%m:%s" 31 May:05:1590902716 kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +"%A %B %d" Sunday May 31 kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +%m 05 kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +%h May kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +"%h %m" May 05 kodingwindow@kw:~$ date +"%h %m %d %T" May 05 31 10:56:48
cal command with options
kodingwindow@kw:~$ cal
May 2020
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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31
kodingwindow@kw:~$ cal 5 0
cal: year `0' not in range 1..9999
kodingwindow@kw:~$ cal 2 2020
February 2020
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
kodingwindow@kw:~$ echo $(cal)
May 2020 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
kodingwindow@kw:~$ echo "$(cal)"
May 2020
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
kodingwindow@kw:~$ cal -j 2021
2021
January February
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 32 33 34 35 36 37
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 52 53 54 55 56 57 58
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 59
31
March April
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
60 61 62 63 64 65 91 92 93
66 67 68 69 70 71 72 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 101 102 103 104 105 106 107
80 81 82 83 84 85 86 108 109 110 111 112 113 114
87 88 89 90 115 116 117 118 119 120
May June
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
121 152 153 154 155 156
122 123 124 125 126 127 128 157 158 159 160 161 162 163
129 130 131 132 133 134 135 164 165 166 167 168 169 170
136 137 138 139 140 141 142 171 172 173 174 175 176 177
143 144 145 146 147 148 149 178 179 180 181
150 151
July August
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
182 183 184 213 214 215 216 217 218 219
185 186 187 188 189 190 191 220 221 222 223 224 225 226
192 193 194 195 196 197 198 227 228 229 230 231 232 233
199 200 201 202 203 204 205 234 235 236 237 238 239 240
206 207 208 209 210 211 212 241 242 243
September October
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
244 245 246 247 274 275
248 249 250 251 252 253 254 276 277 278 279 280 281 282
255 256 257 258 259 260 261 283 284 285 286 287 288 289
262 263 264 265 266 267 268 290 291 292 293 294 295 296
269 270 271 272 273 297 298 299 300 301 302 303
304
November December
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
305 306 307 308 309 310 335 336 337 338
311 312 313 314 315 316 317 339 340 341 342 343 344 345
318 319 320 321 322 323 324 346 347 348 349 350 351 352
325 326 327 328 329 330 331 353 354 355 356 357 358 359
332 333 334 360 361 362 363 364 365
kodingwindow@kw:~$ cal -y 2021
2021
January February March
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 28 29 30 31
31
April May June
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 1 1 2 3 4 5
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30
30 31
July August September
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30
October November December
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31
31
kodingwindow@kw:~$
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