DateTime Echo Shell Script
$(date '+%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S')
Expensive Eel
$(date '+%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S')# syntax
$(date)
# example (when running the command of "date")
echo $(date)
# OUTPUT: Mon May 11 13:20:57 SAST 2020
# To return a specific FORMAT, search "bash get date format"
date +'FORMAT'
### mm/dd/yyyy ###
date +'%m/%d/%Y'
## Time in 12 hr format ###
date +'%r'
## backup dir format ##
backup_dir=$(date +'%m/%d/%Y')
echo "Backup dir for today: /nas04/backups/${backup_dir}"