Difference between revisions of "$date"

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

Latest revision as of 19:22, 26 November 2005

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

$date

See 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).