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Returns the current date in day/month/year format.
 $date

See [[:Category:Time and Date Identifiers|Time and Date Identifiers]] for full list of  possible formats.

'''Note''' that you can use [[$adate]] to get the current date in US format.
== Example ==
 [[echo]] -a $date
This would e.g. echo ''26/11/2005'' to the active window.


 echo -a $date(HH:nn)
This would e.g. echo ''19:20'' to the active window (19 o'clock and 20 minutes).
[[Category:Time and Date Identifiers]]