command linedate
I've used RedHat servers before and now I've just installed Ubuntu Server.
I noticed that the date format in Ubuntu logs is different from in RedHat.
When I use the date command it showd
Wed May 30 20:00 2012
I want to change it to
2012.5.30.20:00
How can I do that?
If you want to change the time format to German , you must install the German language from the Language Support and then set the "Regional Settings" in German
If you want to change the format in Date and Time , you must install dconf-tool . From terminal do
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
Find it through Dash by writing dconf open it and goto Com > Canonical > Indicator > Datetime and from there you can change the format.
Logout and Login for changes to take effect.
The default format is %l:%M %p , you will change it to %M:%l %p
click on system settings.
Click on Language Support.
Click on the Regional Formats Tab, and change language to English, and apply system- wide. and that will do it.
Note: You may have to relogin, so changes can take effect
Best Answer
You can make an alias for date in
.bashrcby typingalias date='date +%Y.%m.%d.%R'and then doingsource .bashrc, if you want to changedatedefault format.