date-format.txt

Format options	Purpose of Option	Output
date +%a	Displays Weekday name in short (like Mon, Tue, Wed)	Thu
date +%A	Displays Weekday name in full short (like Monday, Tuesday)	Thursday
date +%b	Displays Month name in short (like Jan, Feb, Mar )	Feb
date +%B	Displays Month name in full short (like January, February)	February
date +%d	Displays Day of month (e.g., 01)	07
date +%D	Displays Current Date; shown in MM/DD/YY	02/07/13
date +%F	Displays Date; shown in YYYY-MM-DD	2013-02-07
date +%H	Displays hour in (00..23) format	23
date +%I	Displays hour (01..12) format	11
date +%j	Displays day of year (001..366)	038
date +%m	Displays month (01..12)	02
date +%M	Displays minute (00..59)	44
date +%S	Displays second (00..60)	17
date +%N	Displays nanoseconds (000000000..999999999)	573587606
date +%T	Displays time; shown as HH:MM:SS
Note: Hours in 24 Format	23:44:17
date +%u	Displays day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday	4
date +%U	Displays week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (00..53)	05
date +%Y	Displays full year i.e. YYYY	2013
date +%Z	alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT)	IS