time in bash script code example

Example 1: shell script current time

date +'FORMAT'
 
### mm/dd/yyyy ###
date +'%m/%d/%Y'
 
## Time in 12 hr format ###
date +'%r'
 
## backup dir format ##
backup_dir=$(date +'%m/%d/%Y')
echo "Backup dir for today: /nas04/backups/${backup_dir}"

Example 2: bash time

date	#displays date and time in terminal

Example 3: bash time command

time [command] 	#measures time required by following command. For example:
time ls