BASH Date Format
Format optionPart of DateDescriptionExample Output date +%a Weekday Name of weekday in short (like Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat) Mon date +%A Weekday Name of weekday in full (like Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) Monday date +%b Month Name of Month in short (like Jan, Feb, Mar ) Jan date +%B Month Month name in full (like January, February) January date +%d Day Day of month (e.g., 01) 04 date +%D M..