View Current Timestamp in Linux

In Linux, you can use the date command to view the current timestamp.

Open the terminal and type in the following command:

date +%s

This will return the Unix timestamp of the current time, representing the number of seconds that have passed since January 1, 1970.

If you want a more readable timestamp, you can combine the “date” command with the “strftime” function. For example, to get the current date and time, you can execute the following command:

date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

This command will return a string similar to “2022-01-01 12:34:56”, which includes information about the current date and time.

Please note that the above commands are specific to the Linux system. Different operating systems may have different ways of viewing the current timestamp.