Marketplace datetime

Get current date and time in various formats. Use whenever you need the current date, time, timestamps, or formatted datetime values for any purpose (logging, file naming, scheduling, comparisons, etc.)

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/deevsdeevs/datetime" ~/.claude/skills/aiskillstore-marketplace-datetime && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/deevsdeevs/datetime/SKILL.md

source content

datetime - Current Date & Time

Get the current date and time in various formats.

Quick Reference

# Date only
date +%Y-%m-%d                    # 2025-01-15
date +%Y/%m/%d                    # 2025/01/15
date +%d-%m-%Y                    # 15-01-2025

# Date with time
date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"         # 2025-01-15 14:30:45
date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"         # 2025-01-15T14:30:45 (ISO 8601)
date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"     # 2025-01-15T14:30:45Z (UTC ISO 8601)

# Time only
date +%H:%M:%S                    # 14:30:45
date +%H:%M                       # 14:30
date +%I:%M%p                     # 02:30PM (12-hour)

# Timestamps
date +%s                          # 1705329045 (Unix epoch)
date +%s%3N                       # 1705329045123 (milliseconds)

# Human readable
date "+%B %d, %Y"                 # January 15, 2025
date "+%A, %B %d, %Y"             # Wednesday, January 15, 2025
date "+%b %d %Y"                  # Jan 15 2025

# File-safe formats (no colons/spaces)
date +%Y%m%d                      # 20250115
date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S               # 20250115_143045
date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S               # 20250115-143045

When to Use

Use this skill whenever you need:

Current date for logging or timestamps
Date strings for file naming
ISO 8601 formatted dates for APIs
Unix timestamps for calculations
Human-readable date displays
UTC time for cross-timezone consistency

Format Codes

Code	Output	Example
`%Y`	Year (4-digit)	2025
`%m`	Month (01-12)	01
`%d`	Day (01-31)	15
`%H`	Hour 24h (00-23)	14
`%M`	Minute (00-59)	30
`%S`	Second (00-59)	45
`%I`	Hour 12h (01-12)	02
`%p`	AM/PM	PM
`%s`	Unix timestamp	1705329045
`%A`	Weekday name	Wednesday
`%B`	Month name	January
`%b`	Month abbrev	Jan
`%Z`	Timezone	PST

Common Patterns

Log timestamp:

echo "[$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] Event occurred"

Backup file naming:

cp file.txt "file_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).txt"

API timestamp (UTC):

date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"