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check time in linux

date
or
date +”Year: %Y, Month: %m, Day: %d”
Year: 2022, Month: 04, Day: 16
or
$ timedatectl
Local time: Sat 2022-04-16 13:06:00 GMT
Universal time: Sat 2022-04-16 13:06:00 UTZ
RTC time: Sat 2022-04-16 13:02:34
Time zone: GMT (GMT, +0000)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: yes

time in linux command

date
or
timedatectl

current time linux

Open a terminal and type the following command:

date

Sat Nov  7 22:44:59 IST 2020

You can format the date as follows in dd-mm-yy format:
date +"%d-%m-%y"

07-11-2020