Shell Programming and Scripting

# date '+%b %d'
Dec 05
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%a Abbreviated weekday.
%b Abbreviated month name.
%c Country-specific date and time format.
%d Day of month (01-31).
%h Same as %b.
%j Julian day of year (001-366).
%k Hour in 24-hour format, without leading zeros (0-23).
%l Hour in 12-hour format, without leading zeros (1-12).
%m Month of year (01-12).
%n Insert a new line.
%p String to indicate a.m. or p.m.
%r Time in %I:%M:%S %p (12-hour) format.
%s Seconds since "the Epoch," which is 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (a nonstandard extension).
%t Insert a tab.
%w Day of week (Sunday = 0).
%x Country-specific date format based on locale.
%y Last two digits of year (00-99).
%z RFC 822-style numeric time zone.
%A Full weekday.
%B Full month name.
%D Date in %m/%d/%y format.
%H Hour in 24-hour format (00-23).
%I Hour in 12-hour format (01-12).
%M Minutes (00-59).
%S Seconds (00-59).
%T Time in %H:%M:%S format.
%U Week number in year (00-53); start week on Sunday.
%V Week number in year (01-52); start week on Monday.
%W Week number in year (00-53); start week on Monday.
%X Country-specific time format based on locale.
%Y Four-digit year (e.g., 2006).
%Z Time-zone name.