# g_date
### Display the current date and time in the GNU date compatible format

#### Command line options

| FORMAT  | `g_date +"FORMAT"`                                    | Result |
| ------- | :---------------------------------------------------- | :----- |
| `\`     | can be used instead of `%`                            | |
| `\\`    | a literal `\`                                         | `\`             |
| `%%`    | a literal `%`                                         | `%`             |
| `%a`    | locale's abbreviated weekday name                     | `Sun`           |
| `%A`    | locale's full weekday name                            | `Sunday`        |
| `%b`    | locale's abbreviated month name                       | `Feb`           |
| `%B`    | locale's full month name                              | `February`      |
| `%c`    | locale's date and time                                | `Thu Mar  3 23:05:25 2005` |
| `%C`    | century; like `%Y`, except omit last two digits       | `20`            |
| `%d`    | day of month                                          | `26`            |
| `%D`    | date; same as `%m/%d/%y`                              | `02/26/22`      |
| `%e`    | day of month, space padded; same as `%_d`             | <code>&nbsp;2</code> |
| `%F`    | full date; same as `%Y-%m-%d`                         | `2022-02-26`    |
| `%g`    | last two digits of year of ISO week number (see `%G`) | `22`            |
| `%G`    | year of ISO week number (see `%V`); normally useful only with `%V`      | `2022` |
| `%h`    | same as `%b`                                          | `Feb`           |
| `%H`    | hour (`00..23`)                                       | `11`            |
| `%I`    | hour (`01..12`)                                       | `23`            |
| `%j`    | day of year (`001..366`)                              | `073`           |
| `%k`    | hour, space padded <code>&nbsp;0-23</code>; same as `%\_H` | <code>&nbsp;7</code> |
| `%l`    | hour, space padded <code>&nbsp;1-12</code>; same as `%\_I` | <code>&nbsp;7</code> |
| `%m`    | month (`01..12`)                                      | `02`            |
| `%M`    | minute (`00..59`)                                     | `22`            |
| `%n`    | a newline                                             | `\n`            |
| `%N`    | nanoseconds (`000000000..999999999`)                  | `000000000`     |
| `%p`    | locale's equivalent of either `AM` or `PM`; blank if not known          | `AM` |
| `%P`    | like `%p`, but lower case                             | `am`            |
| `%q`    | quarter of year (`1..4`)                              | `1`             |
| `%r`    | locale's 12-hour clock time                           | `11:22:33 PM`   |
| `%R`    | 24-hour hour and minute; same as `%H:%M`              | `23:22`         |
| `%s`    | seconds since `1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC`               | `1647282830`    |
| `%S`    | second (`00..60`)                                     | `33`            |
| `%t`    | a `tab`                                               | `\t`            |
| `%T`    | time; same as `%H:%M:%S`                              | `23:22:33`      |
| `%u`    | day of week (`1..7`); `1` is Monday                   | `1`             |
| `%U`    | week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (`00..53`) | `11` |
| `%V`    | ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (`01..53`)     | `11` |
| `%w`    | day of week (`0..6`); `0` is Sunday                              | `1`  |
| `%W`    | week number of year, with Monday as first day of week (`00..53`) | `11` |
| `%x`    | locale's date representation                           | `03/14/22`     |
| `%X`    | locale's time representation                           | `20:36:30`     |
| `%y`    | last two digits of year                                | `22`           |
| `%Y`    | year                                                   | `2022`         |
| `%z`    | +hhmm numeric time zone                                | `+0000`        |
| `%:z`   | +hh:mm numeric time zone                               | `+00:00`       |
| `%::z`  | +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone                            | `+00:00:00`    |
| `%:::z` | numeric time zone with : to necessary precision        | `+00, +00:00`  |
| `%Z`    | alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., `EDT`)        | `GMT`          |

| FORMAT  | `g_date FORMAT`        | Result             |
| ------- | :--------------------- | :----------------- |
| `dSt`   |                        | `2022-02-26 11:22` |
| `d`     | date                   | `2022-02-26`       |
| `t`     | time                   | `11:22`            |
| `l`     | time long              | `11:22:33`         |
| `.`     | use `.` as a separator | |
| `S`     | space                  | |
| `T`     | TAB                    | |
| `N`     | new line               | |
| `?`     | help                   | |


#### Sample use
```bash
g_date +"%Y-%m-%d"  # 2022-02-26  # GNU date compliant format
g_date d            # 2022-02-26  # simple format
```


#### Supported Platforms
☂︎ Windows  


#### [Prerequisites and build instructions](../../../lib.git#Prerequisites)


#### © 2023 Georgi Valkov
https://httpstorm.com/download/windows/g_date/