Linux Date Command Option

Shahid — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:59:13 +0000

Date command options.

Date command to get the current date.

$ date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
$ echo $date

Date command to get yesterday’s date.

$ date=$(date --date=yesterday +%Y-%m-%d)
$ echo $date

Date command to get tomorrow’s date.

$ date=$(date --date=tomorrow +%Y-%m-%d)
$ echo $date

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