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#! /bin/bash | |
# An overly obvious reference for most commonly requested bash timestamps | |
# Now all you Mac fags can stop pestering me. | |
cat << EOD | |
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) | |
YYMMSShhmmss | date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S | $(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S) | |
YYMMSShhmmssnnnnnnnnn | 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) | |
EOD |
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