+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Desc: Template to display date and time.
+
+dateTimeShort(){
+ # Desc: Timestamp without separators (YYYYmmddTHHMMSS+zzzz)
+ # Usage: dateTimeShort
+ # Output: stdout: timestamp (ISO-8601, no separators)
+ TIME_CURRENT="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
+ TIME_CURRENT_SHORT="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT" +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z)"; # Produce separator-less current timestamp with resolution 1 second.
+ echo "$TIME_CURRENT_SHORT";
+}
+
+#==BEGIN sample code==
+echo "The current day and time is:$(dateTimeShort)"
+#==END sample code==
+
+# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
+# License: GPLv3+