Linux File Modification Time – Get File Modification Time in Specific Format (yyyymmddhh24miss)

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I want to get the modification time of a file in a specific format.
How can I do that ?
I know about

stat -c %x find.txt

but I need this format:

yyyymmddhh24miss

I'm using ksh on Linux 2.6.18-406.el5 x86_64 if it matters.

You can use something like:

/bin/date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S -d "$(/usr/bin/stat -c %x find.txt)"

Last modification time - the last time the file was modified (content has been modified)

Last change time - the last time /metadata/ of the file was changed (e.g. permissions)

You can use perl:

$ perl -le 'print((stat shift)[9])' test.txt
1402577190

Or GNU date:

$ date -r test.txt +%s

You can install GNU date on AIX refer to this link.