date - date-time functions.
date::timestamp VARIABLE - return current time in
seconds since UNIX epoch
date::current_datetime VARIABLE FORMAT - return
current date time in given format. See man 3 strftime for
details.
date::print_current_datetime FORMAT - print current
date time in given format. See man 3 strftime for
details.
date::datetime VARIABLE FORMAT TIMESTAMP - return
current date time in given format. See man 3 strftime for
details.
date::print_elapsed_time - print value of SECONDS
variable in human readable form: “Elapsed time: 0 days 00:00:00.” It’s
useful to know time of execution of a long script, so here is function
for that. Assign 0 to SECONDS variable to reset counter.