Date
date— Date-related commands.date from-human— Convert a human readable datetime string to a datetime.date humanize— Print a ‘humanized’ format for the date, relative to now.date list-timezone— List supported time zones.date now— Get the current date.date to-timezone— Convert a date to a given time zone.
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Tips
Intro
date now reads the current time.
date nowformat date can print just the year.
date now | format date "%Y"Basic
The year text can become an integer.
date now | format date "%Y" | into intThe month text can become an integer.
date now | format date "%m" | into intIntermediate
Year, integer, then text again.
date now | format date "%Y" | into int | into stringSplit a year-month string into parts.
date now | format date "%Y-%m" | split row "-" | lengthAdvanced
Four steps from the year to a count.
date now | format date "%Y" | into string | str length | math abs