I rarely ever use the date command, but when I need it I almost always struggle to get the right incantation. So, wrote a blog post for easy reference.

Do you use a cheatsheet as well?

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The other “real person” who replied to me told me that the Linux date command has nothing to do with formatting.

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      3 months ago

      Second sentence of the description from the man pages, “Otherwise, depending on the options specified, date will set the date and time or print it in a user-defined way.” not sure what they were on about.

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        3 months ago

        Right - I’m just saying that it’s super annoying that people point out times that llms have been wrong as though humans are never wrong, or even aren’t wrong frequently.