How can I get the current date and time in the terminal and set a custom command in the terminal for it?

command-line, linux, terminal

Solution

The command is `date`

To customise the output there are a myriad of options available, see `date --help` for a list.

For example, `date '+%A %W %Y %X'` gives `Tuesday 34 2013 08:04:22` which is the name of the day of the week, the week number, the year and the time.

Problem

I have to check the time in a Linux terminal. What is the command for getting date and time in a Linux terminal? Is there a way in which we can set a custom function?

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