Date and Time

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# 11.2. Date and Time

If you don't like the built-ins for date and time, extracting the same information from the `date` command is relatively easy. Examples already seen in this HOWTO include `date +%H%M`, which will put in the hour in 24 hour format, and the minute. `date "+%A, %d %B %Y"` will give something like "`Sunday, 06 June 1999`". For a full list of the interpreted sequences, type `date --help` or `man date`.

Relative speed: "date ..." takes about 0.12 seconds on an unloaded 486SX25.

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