How Do I Change the Date Format in Unix Shell Script?
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To format date in YYYY-MM-DD format, use the command date +%F or printf “%(%F)Tn” $EPOCHSECONDS . The %F option is an alias for %Y-%m-%d . This format is the ISO 8601 format.

How do I change the date format in bash?

Bash Date Format MM-YYYY

To format date in MM-YYYY format, use the command date +%m-%Y .

What is Unix date format?

Unix time is a date-time format used to express the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 (UTC). Unix time does not handle the extra seconds that occur on the extra day of leap years.

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