Bash helper functions for working with dates.
#!/bin/bash
default_delimiter() {
echo '.'
}
date_str() {
local delimiter=${1:-$(default_delimiter)}
date +%Y${delimiter}%m${delimiter}%d
}
time_str() {
local delimiter=${1:-$(default_delimiter)}
date +%H${delimiter}%M
}
time_with_seconds_str() {
local delimiter=${1:-$(default_delimiter)}
date +%H${delimiter}%M${delimiter}%S
}
date_time_str() {
local delimiter=${1:-$(default_delimiter)}
local hour_delimiter=${2:-'-'}
echo $(date_str $delimiter)${hour_delimiter}$(time_str $delimiter)
}
date_time_with_seconds_str() {
local delimiter=${1:-$(default_delimiter)}
local hour_delimiter=${2:-'-'}
echo $(date_str $delimiter)${hour_delimiter}$(time_with_seconds_str $delimiter)
}