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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T11:42:25+00:00 2026-06-11T11:42:25+00:00

Simple bash question… I suppose, I’m new. I have substract date from system time

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Simple bash question… I suppose, I’m new.

I have substract date from system time

date_from=`date -d "30 minutes ago"`

after, I want format the result in $date_from in ‘yyyy-mm-dd’

how can I do that?

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    2026-06-11T11:42:26+00:00Added an answer on June 11, 2026 at 11:42 am
    date -d "30 minutes ago" +%Y-%m-%d
    

    It is very likely, though, that 30 minutes ago it was the same day 🙂

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