bash file set variable as epoch time

Question

I have a simple bash file script that I need to get the epoch time and set a variable in the bash file as that epoch time so I can insert it as a string later in some code... I know that : ``` date +%s ``` gives me the epoch time, but I tried the following and none seem to work... ``` epochTime=(date +%s) epochTime=date +%s epochTime="date +%s" ``` Many thanks in advance, I’m sure there is a way, I’m still a little new to bash files

Accepted Answer

You want:

```
epochTime=$(date +%s)
```

Or in `sh`-compatible syntax:

```
epochTime=`date +%s`
```

The `bash` man page describes this behaviour in detail.

bash file set variable as epoch time

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