linux date format yyyymmdd code example
Example 1: date linux format yyyymmdd
# put current date as yyyy-mm-dd in $date
date=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
# put current date as yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS in $date
date=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
# print current date directly
echo $(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
Example 2: bash date
date #displays date and time in terminal