date now
For date.
Get the current date.
Command Type
built-in
Signature
> date now {flags}
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| nothing | datetime |
Examples
Get the current date and format it in a given format string.
> date now | format date "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
Get the current date and format it according to the RFC 3339 standard.
> date now | format date "%+"
Get the time duration since 2019-04-30.
> (date now) - 2019-05-01
Get the time duration since a more specific time.
> (date now) - 2019-05-01T04:12:05.20+08:00
Get current time and format it in the debug format (RFC 2822 with timezone).
> date now | debug
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