unitproc/bktemp-dateShort

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2
   3 # Desc: Template to display date
   4
   5 dateShort(){
   6     # Desc: Date without separators (YYYYmmdd)
   7     # Usage: dateShort
   8     # Output: stdout: date (ISO-8601, no separators)
   9     local TIME_CURRENT DATE_CURRENT_SHORT
  10     TIME_CURRENT="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
  11     DATE_CURRENT_SHORT="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT" +%Y%m%d)"; # Produce separator-less current date with resolution 1 day.
  12     echo "$DATE_CURRENT_SHORT";
  13 } # Get date without separators
  14
  15 #==BEGIN sample code==
  16 echo "The current day is:$(dateShort)"
  17 #==END sample code==
  18
  19 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
  20 # License: GPLv3+