How to get the current date and time in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format in ksh88?

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My requirement is to get difference of 2 timestamps in hours.

As the date diff option is taking long for me to figure out I am trying to convert both dates in to YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format and find the number difference. So I need to get the current date and time in the same format.

score 76 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '15 at 05:29

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I believe this is the command you need:

date '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S'

answered Sep 25 '15 at 05:29

SparedWhisle

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oh thanks !! i did try this but had made a typo err. thank you – xGen Sep 25 '15 at 06:00
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For ISO 8601 date format use: `date '+%Y-%m-%d'` – Emil Nov 15 '18 at 14:14

How to get the current date and time in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format in ksh88?

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